{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-shellfish-water-protected-areas-designation-scotland-order-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-shellfish-water-protected-areas-designation-scotland-order-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/324",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Designation) (Scotland) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-shellfish-water-protected-areas-designation-scotland-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nShellfish\nWater\nMade 12th November 2013\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 14th November 2013\nComing into force 22nd December 2013\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A(1) and (6) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 and of all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 5A(2) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consider it desirable for the areas of coastal water and transitional water designated by this Order to be so designated under section 5A(1) for the protection or development of economically significant shellfish production.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 3. Section 5A was inserted by section 47 of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/324/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:16.884437+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."
}