{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-shellfish-act-1967/section-4C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-shellfish-act-1967/section-4C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/83",
  "legislation_title": "Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fisheries-shellfish-act-1967",
  "path": "section/4C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4C",
  "heading": "Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear",
  "text": "(1) A British sea-fishery officer may seize—\n(a) in Scotland or in the Scottish zone; or\n(b) on a Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be,\nany shellfish and any net or other fishing gear to which subsection (2) applies.\n(2) This subsection applies to—\n(a) any shellfish in respect of which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under section 3(3) has been committed;\n(b) any net or other fishing gear which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used in the commission of such an offence.\n(3) In this section—\n(a) “ Scotland ” has the meaning given by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46); and\n(b) references to shellfish include any receptacle which contains shellfish.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 4A-4D inserted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10), ss. 98(1), 104(1); S.S.I. 2006/432, art. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/83/section/4C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:53.262145+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}