{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shellfish-gathering-conservation-revocation-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shellfish-gathering-conservation-revocation-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/15",
  "legislation_title": "The Shellfish Gathering (Conservation) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shellfish-gathering-conservation-revocation-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Sea Fisheries\nMade 5th February 2026\nComing into operation 6th February 2026\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124(1) and (2) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 and now vested in it.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1), Article3(4); and 2016 c.5 (N.I.), Article 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1966 c.17 (N.I), relevant amendments are 1981 No. 227 (N.I.); 2001 c.4 (N.I.); S.I. 2002/790; and 2007 No. 915 (N.I.9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/15/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:29.669617+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."
}