{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-west-territorial-waters-prohibition-of-pair-trawling-order-2004/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-west-territorial-waters-prohibition-of-pair-trawling-order-2004/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3397",
  "legislation_title": "The South-west Territorial Waters (Prohibition of Pair Trawling) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-west-territorial-waters-prohibition-of-pair-trawling-order-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on pair trawling",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 2, no ... fishing boat shall participate in pair trawling for sea fish in the south-west territorial waters.\n(2) Paragraph 1 shall not apply to—\n(a) fishing boats using nets with mesh in the cod end, in the mesh size ranges 16mm to 79mm inclusive; or\n(b) fishing boats using nets—\n(i) with mesh sizes in the cod end greater than 79mm; and\n(ii) incorporating no individual mesh, irrespective of its position within the net, greater than 300mm.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 12(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 3(2)(b)(ii) substituted (15.1.2005) by South-west Territorial Waters (Prohibition of Pair Trawling) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/49), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3397/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:12:25.944012+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."
}