{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shellfish-specification-of-molluscs-and-crustaceans-scotland-regulations-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shellfish-specification-of-molluscs-and-crustaceans-scotland-regulations-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/1999/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Shellfish (Specification of Molluscs and Crustaceans) (Scotland) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shellfish-specification-of-molluscs-and-crustaceans-scotland-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations specify crabs, whelks and razorshells as molluscs or crustaceans in relation to which an order may be made under section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (“the 1967 Act”) for the establishment or improvement, and for the maintenance and regulation, of a fishery for shellfish.\nScallops and queens were specified for the purpose of section 1 of the 1967 Act by the Shellfish (Specification of Molluscs) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/218).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/1999/139/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:52:38.404512+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."
}