1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Conservation of Salmon (Collection of Statistics) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st January 2007.

2 Power to require information
1 Subject to paragraph (2), a district salmon fishery board may by notice given by post require any proprietor or occupier of a salmon fishery within its district to supply it with such statistics as it considers necessary relating to the–
(a) number;
(b) species;
(c) description and weight; and
(d) method and date of capture,
of salmon caught (and caught and released) in that salmon fishery in each calendar month in such period, not exceeding 12 calendar months immediately prior to the calendar month in which the notice is given, as is specified in the notice.
2 A notice under paragraph (1) may be given at intervals of not less than 6 months.

3 Compliance with a notice given under regulation 2
1 A proprietor or occupier of a salmon fishery shall supply the statistics required by a notice given under regulation 2 within 28 days of the date on which notice was given.
2 The statistics referred to in paragraph (1) may be supplied by electronic communication (as defined in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000), which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.
2000 c. 7.
RHONA BRANKIN Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th November 2006