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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-1997/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1949",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-1997",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear",
  "text": "A British sea-fishery officer may seize–\n(a) any fish (including any receptacle which contains the fish) in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 3 of this Order has been committed; and\n(b) any net or other fishing gear which he has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used in the course of the commission of such an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1949/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:40.012558+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."
}