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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-edible-crabs-scotland-order-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/228",
  "legislation_title": "The Undersized Edible Crabs (Scotland) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-edible-crabs-scotland-order-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;\n“edible crab” means crab of the species Cancer pagurus;\n“ICES” means a statistical division or sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea; and\n“size”, in relation to an edible crab, means the maximum width of the carapace measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace and shall be measured as shown in Schedule 1 to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/228/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:50:11.391840+00:00"
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  "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."
}