{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-bass-order-2007/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-bass-order-2007/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/809",
  "legislation_title": "The Undersized Bass Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-bass-order-2007",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Mesh sizes",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 3(1) of the Act in its application to any—\n(a) relevant British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey fishing boat,\nthat is fishing for bass in British fishery limits, the mesh size of any enmeshing gear, including any gill, tangle, drift or trammel net, carried in that boat must be not less than 100 millimetres.\n(2) Any boat that has a by-catch of bass of more than 10% of the total catch by weight is to be treated as fishing for bass within the meaning of this article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/809/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:57:46.861971+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."
}