SCHEDULE 2

Election and co-option of members of district salmon fishery boards
Part 1

Meeting of qualified proprietors
4
1
In the co-opting of representatives of salmon anglers and of tenant netsmen under Part 2 below, the number of representatives of salmon anglers and tenant netsmen together shall be less than the number of elected representatives of qualified proprietors.
2
A person who is both an upper and a lower proprietor by virtue of section 40(5) of this Act shall be counted in each capacity for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above.
3
A representative of salmon anglers shall be a person whom the board consider to be representative of persons angling for salmon in the district but who is not an upper proprietor in that district.
4
Before co-opting a person as a representative of salmon anglers, the board shall consult such organisations representing salmon anglers in the district as they think fit; but this requirement shall not apply to the filling of a vacancy in accordance with section 47(5) of this Act.
5
A representative of tenant netsmen shall be—
a
a tenant netsman in the district who is not a lower proprietor in that district;
b
a tenant netsman in the district who is a lower proprietor in that district if—
i
there are insufficient tenant netsmen who are qualified or willing to be co-opted and who are not also lower proprietors in that district; and
ii
that person has not been elected to the board of that district as a representative of lower proprietors or as convener; or
c
a lower proprietor in the district who is not a tenant netsman in that district if—
i
there are insufficient tenant netsmen qualified or willing to be co-opted, whether or not they are also lower proprietors in that district; and
ii
that person has not been elected to the board of that district as a representative of lower proprietors or as convener,
but a person shall not be disqualified under this sub-paragraph solely by reason of being an upper proprietor in that district or of having been elected to the board of that district as a representative of upper proprietors.
Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2