{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-lobsters-order-1993/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-lobsters-order-1993/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1178",
  "legislation_title": "The Undersized Lobsters Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/undersized-lobsters-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters and exemption from landing prohibition",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Great Britain of any sea fish of any description, being a fish of a smaller size than such size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), a carapace length of 85 millimetres is hereby prescribed as the minimum size in relation to lobsters.\n(2) Landing from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1178/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:57:28.860534+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."
}