{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-shellfish-water-protected-areas-environmental-objectives-etc-scotland-regulations-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-shellfish-water-protected-areas-environmental-objectives-etc-scotland-regulations-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Environmental Objectives etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-shellfish-water-protected-areas-environmental-objectives-etc-scotland-regulations-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 Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(5), 9(4) to (6), 10(2)(b), 19(1) and 36(2) and (3) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 3; section 9 was amended by section 47(4) 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/2013/325/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:16.196171+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."
}