1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.
(2) In these regulations–
“Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;
“authorisation” has the meaning given in section 26AA(3)(1) of the Act;
“marine fish farm” means a fish farm situated in marine waters for the breeding, rearing or keeping of fish, other than shellfish, involving the use of such equipment as is referred to in section 26AA(1)(b) of the Act;
“marine waters” means the waters described in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (6) of section 26 of the Act.
Section 26AA was inserted by section 4(1) of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006.