PART 2Salmon fisheries, etc.
Management
28Power of Scottish Ministers to conduct inquiries and obtain information
1
Section 64 of the Salmon and Freshwater (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (power of the Scottish Ministers to conduct inquiries and to obtain information) is amended in accordance with this section.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
before paragraph (a) insert—
za
require a person having rights in a salmon fishery or freshwater fishery to provide the Scottish Ministers with such information relating to the fishery as they may reasonably request;
b
in paragraph (a), the words from “, provided” to the end of the paragraph are repealed.
3
In subsection (2), for the words “Any proprietor or occupier of a fishery” substitute “Any person having rights in a salmon fishery or freshwater fishery”.
4
After subsection (2) insert—
3
In this section, a “person having rights in a salmon fishery or freshwater fishery” means—
a
a proprietor of a salmon fishery;
b
an occupier of such a fishery;
c
an owner of land to which a right of fishing for freshwater fish pertains; or
d
an occupier of such a right.