{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2813",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-licences-and-notices-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Time at which licences and notices to have effect",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 5 hereof–\n(a) a licence which is communicated in accordance with regulation 2(1) or (2B) ... shall have effect at the time that it is treated as granted in accordance with regulation 3 hereof;\n(b) a notice which is communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2)(a) shall have effect 24 hours after the time that it is treated as given in accordance with regulation 3 hereof; ...\n(ba) a notice which is communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2)(b) (publication on website) shall have effect 24 hours after it is treated as given in accordance with regulation 3; and\n(c) a notice which is communicated in accordance with regulation 2(3) shall have effect 48 hours after the time that it is treated as given in accordance with regulation 3 hereof.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked: (S.) (1.4.2011) by The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/70), regs. 1(1), 7 (with reg. 8); (E.) (6.4.2012) by The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/827), regs. 1(1), 7; and (N.I.) (8.8.2014) by The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/209), regs. 1(1), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(5)(a)(i) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(5)(a)(ii) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(5)(a)(iii) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(5)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 4(ba) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 15(5)(c) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 19.12.1994, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2813/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:23:44.224737+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."
}