{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-27/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-27/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/57",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/27/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The production of a printed copy of an emergency fisheries byelaw purporting to be made by the appropriate agency upon which is indorsed a certificate, purporting to be signed on its behalf, stating—\n(a) that the byelaw was made by the appropriate agency, and\n(b) that the copy is a true copy of the byelaw,\nshall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate, and without proof of the handwriting or official position of any person purporting to sign the certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 27 inserted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 225(2), 324(3); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 27 paras. 7-9 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 315(d) (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/schedule/27/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:46.190861+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."
}