{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-order-2009/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-order-2009/article-2.json",
  "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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extent and application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), this Order extends to England and Wales only, except for the following provisions which also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland—\n(a) articles 1 to 3; and\n(b) article 9(6A)(e).\n(2) Article 9(12)(a) also extends to Scotland.\n(3) Article 9(12)(b) also extends to Northern Ireland.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), this Order applies—\n(a) in England and Wales and the Welsh zone;\n(b) in relation to English fishing boats and Welsh fishing boats, wherever they are; and\n(c) in relation to other fishing boats which are within the Exclusive Economic Zone but not in—\n(i) the Scottish zone; or\n(ii) the Northern Ireland zone.\n(5) Article 9(6A)(e) applies to offences committed—\n(a) in England, in relation to English fishing boats;\n(b) in Wales, in relation to Welsh fishing boats;\n(c) in Scotland, in relation to Scottish fishing boats; and\n(d) in Northern Ireland, in relation to Northern Ireland fishing boats.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2 substituted (18.6.2018) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/643), regs. 1(1), 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3391/article/2",
    "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."
}