{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1994/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1994/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1681",
  "legislation_title": "The Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1994",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear",
  "text": "Any British sea-fishery officer may seize—\n(a) any fish in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 2 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 2(2) or 3(1) of a relevant Community provision specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto has been committed; and\n(b) any net or other fishing gear in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 2 of this Order founded on a contravention of, or failure to comply with, article 2(2) or 3(1) of such relevant Community provision has been committed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1681/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:30:37.730635+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."
}