Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed)

Part I S

Enactments to which subsection (1) applies S

1 S In the Solway Act 1804

(a) section I (imposition of close time);

(b) section II (requirement to remove boats, etc.);

(c) section XI (selling fish out of season, and having fish in possession);

(d) section XV (regulation of size of mesh of nets).

2 S In the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857—

(a) section XLV (prohibition against use of any pout net or net during close season);

(b) section LXXII (requirement to return unclean fish to river);

(c) section LXXIV (prohibition against destruction of spawn or fry).

3 S In the Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act 1859—

(a) section VI (offence of fishing in close season);

(b) section X (offence of having in possession during close season salmon taken or caught in the river);

(c) section XI (boats, nets etc. to be removed in close season);

(d) section XIII (prohibits drawing or using in the river nets with mesh less than prescribed size).

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Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 4 repealed by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), s. 41, Sch. 4 para. 15(2)(a)

5 S In the M1 Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868—

(a) section 15(1) (fishing for salmon in close season other than by rod and line);

(b) section 15(2) (fishing for salmon in weekly close time);

(c) section 15(4) (fishing for salmon with a net having a mesh contrary to any byelaw);

(d) section 20 (buying, selling, taking or possessing unclean or unseasonable salmon);

(e) section 21 (buying, selling, exposing for sale or having in possession salmon taken in close season);

(f) section 23 (boats, nets etc., to be removed in close season).

Marginal Citations

M1 1868 c. 123.

6 S In the M2 Freshwater Fish (Scotland) Act 1902, section 1 (fishing for or having possession of trout in close season).

Marginal Citations

M2 1902 c. 29.

7 S In the M3 Trout (Scotland) Act 1933, section 2 (purchase or sale of trout under 8” or between 1 September and 31 March).

Marginal Citations

M3 1933 c. 35.

8 S In the M4 Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951—

(a) section 2 (fishing for salmon and freshwater fish by illegal methods);

(b) paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 4 (prohibition against using poisons and electrical devices for destruction of fish);

(c) section 13 (fishing for salmon in weekly close time).

Marginal Citations

M4 1951 c. 26.

[F2 8A S In the Salmon Act 1986, regulations made under section 3(2)(a) or (d) (general regulations).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8A inserted by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), s. 41, Sch. 4 para. 15(2)(b)