{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-miscellaneous-revocations-scotland-regulations-2017/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-miscellaneous-revocations-scotland-regulations-2017/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/323",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-miscellaneous-revocations-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Agriculture\nFish Farming\nFisheries\nSea Fisheries\nWhaling Industry\nMade 4th October 2017\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 6th October 2017\nComing into force 1st December 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 5, 6, 8 and 18(1) of the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1934 c.49. Section 3 was amended by the Sea Fish Industry Act 1938 (c.30) (“the 1938 Act”), section 43(a); and by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29) (“the 1981 Act”), section 35(3). Section 5 was amended by section 44 of the 1938 Act. Section 6 was amended by section 45 of the 1938 Act and section 35(4) and (5) of the 1981 Act. Section 8 was amended by section 35(6) of the 1981 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred on the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. The revocations of S.I. 1991/777, S.I. 1992/130, S.I. 1992/670, S.I. 1995/1576 and S.I. 1998/1365 in the schedule of these Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/323/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:31.600874+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."
}