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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 174 (C. 8)

RIVER

SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES

The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2005

Made

22nd March 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 71(2) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003(1), hereby make the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2005.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003, insofar as it is not already in force, is 1st April 2005.

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

Pentland House, Edinburgh

22nd March 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st April 2005 as the date for coming into force of sections 1 to 70 and schedules 1 to 4 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003.

Section 71 of that Act came into force on Royal Assent on 1st May 2003.