{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-penalty-notices-wales-order-2019/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-penalty-notices-wales-order-2019/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2019/363",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-penalty-notices-wales-order-2019",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“officer” (“swyddog”) means a marine enforcement officer within the meaning of section 235(1)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;\n“penalty” (“cosb”) means the amount specified in a penalty notice;\n“penalty notice” (“hysbysiad cosb”) means a notice offering the opportunity, by payment of a specified amount in accordance with this Order, to discharge any liability to be convicted of the penalty offence to which the notice relates;\n“penalty offence” (“trosedd cosb”) means an offence (other than one involving assault, obstruction or failure to comply with a requirement imposed by a person) listed in the Schedule.\n“Wales” (“Cymru”) has the same meaning as in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006;\n“the Welsh zone” (“parth Cymru”) has the same meaning as in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (21.3.2019) by The Sea Fishing (Penalty Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/602), art. 2(3), reg. 1(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 22.3.2019, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/363/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:10.284006+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."
}