{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whiting-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1992/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3269",
  "legislation_title": "The Whiting (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whiting-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prohibition",
  "text": "Fishing for whiting (Merlangius merlangus)—\n(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of a sea area (other than those parts of the sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions IIa and Vb which lie outside British fishery limits); or\n(b) by any other British fishing boat within any part of a sea area which lies within British fishery limits,\nis prohibited during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3269/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:05.572379+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."
}