Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003

[F146DComplaints procedureS

(1)A district salmon fishery board must maintain, and keep under review, proper arrangements for dealing with complaints made to the board about the way in which the board have carried out, or propose to carry out, their functions under this Act or any other enactment.

(2)A board's arrangements under subsection (1) above must, in particular, include provision for dealing with complaints made by—

(a)members of the public,

(b)proprietors of salmon fisheries in the board's district,

(c)salmon anglers in the board's district,

(d)tenant netsmen in the board's district,

(e)members of the board,

(f)other district salmon fishery boards.

(3)The arrangements may make different provision in relation to different categories of complaint or complainant.

(4)As soon as practicable after making or reviewing arrangements under subsection (1) above, a district salmon fishery board must—

(a)take such steps to publicise the arrangements as the board consider appropriate in order to bring them to the attention of persons who may wish to make complaints, and

(b)send to the Scottish Ministers a note of the arrangements.

(5)A district salmon fishery board must keep records of complaints made to the board about the way in which they have carried out, or propose to carry out, their functions, including information about how each complaint was disposed of.]

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