[F146GMinisterial power to dissolve the committee constituting a boardS
(1)This section applies where the Scottish Ministers consider that a district salmon fishery board have persistently—
(a)failed to comply with the good governance requirements, or
(b)otherwise contravened the requirements of this Act.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may by order dissolve the committee constituting the board on a date specified in the order.
(3)The dissolution of the committee by an order under subsection (2) above has the same effect in relation to the committee (and the board) as the expiry of the period of three years mentioned in sections 43(3) and 47(1) of this Act.
(4)Accordingly, the references in section 43(3) and 47(1) of this Act to the expiry of the period of three years are to be read, in relation to a committee dissolved by an order under subsection (2) above, as including a reference to the date of dissolution specified in the order.
(5)In this section, the “good governance requirements” has the same meaning as in section 46A(3) of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 46A-46G inserted (16.9.2013) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), ss. 24(3), 66(2) (with s. 65); S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2