{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-west-territorial-waters-prohibition-of-pair-trawling-order-2004/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-west-territorial-waters-prohibition-of-pair-trawling-order-2004/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition on carrying towed gear",
  "text": "(1) No ... fishing boat shall carry pair trawling gear, other than that specified in article 3(2), in any part of the south-west territorial waters unless every part of that gear is lashed and stowed.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1 above, “lashed and stowed”, in relation to pair trawling gear, means—\n(a) nets, weights and similar gear not connected to trawl boards or towing and hauling wires and ropes; and\n(b) if on or above deck, securely lashed to some part of the superstructure of the fishing boat.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 4(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 12(3) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3397/article/4",
    "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."
}