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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-order-2009/article-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3391",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-order-2009",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "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 or fishery products, including any receptacle which contains the fish or fishery products, in respect of which the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under this Order or an equivalent provision 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3391/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:57:28.546578+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."
}