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Trout (Scotland) Act 1933

1933 CHAPTER 35 23 and 24 Geo 5

An Act to provide for the better protection of trout in Scotland, and for other purposes relating thereto.

[28th July 1933]

1 Annual close time for trout. S

Section one of the M1 Freshwater Fish (Scotland) Act, 1902, shall be amended by the substitution of the seventh day of October and the fourteenth day of March for the fifteenth day of October and the twenty-eighth day of February respectively.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of S. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not represent any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M1 2 Edw. 7. c. 29.

2 Size limit for selling trout. S

(1) It shall not be lawful to purchase, sell, expose or consign for sale, or export or consign for exportation—

(a) trout under eight inches in length; or

(b) any trout at any time between the first day of September and the thirty-first day of March, both inclusive.

(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 2 amended by Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 22), ss. 6, 7, Sch. 2, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 7

C3 S. 2 amended by Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29, SIF 52:1), s. 33(5), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 25

3 Interpretation. S

In this Act “trout” shall mean all trout other than rainbow trout or migratory trout known as sea-trout, salmon-trout, and bull trout, or by other local name.

4 Saving. S

Nothing in this Act shall apply to live trout sold or disposed of for the purpose of stocking any river, loch, or water whatsoever, or of artificial propagation.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 S. 5 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

6 Saving Salmon Fisheries Act. S

Nothing herein contained shall affect any Act of Parliament, general or local, passed for the preservation of the salmon fisheries in Scotland, or in relation to the fishing of salmon or fish of the salmon kind in Scotland.

7 Short title, construction and extent. S

(1) This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Trout (Scotland) Act 1933, [F2 the M2 Freshwater Fish (Scotland) Act 1902, and this Act may be cited together as the Trout (Scotland) Acts 1902 and 1933].

(2) This Act shall extend only to Scotland.

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Amendments (Textual)

F2 Words substituted by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 (c. 26), Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M2 1902 c. 29.