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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015/article-12",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Prohibition on purchase of first sale fisheries products not landed by a licensed fishing boat",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for any person to buy first sale fisheries products which were landed by a fishing boat other than a licensed fishing boat.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for a person to show that—\n(a) that person did not know; and\n(b) it was reasonable for that person not to suspect,\nthat the fisheries products had not been landed by a licensed fishing boat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/320/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:48.994178+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."
}