(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prohibits, from 23rd March 2007, the killing, injuring or taking of Phoca vitulina (common seals) in two areas (article 2 and Schedule).
The first area is the Orkney and Shetland Islands and territorial waters adjacent to them. The second area is the territorial sea adjacent to the east coast of Scotland from Garron Point in the north to Torness Point in the south.
These prohibitions are in addition to those contained in section 2(1) of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (c. 30) (“the 1970 Act”).
Subject to general exceptions in section 9 of the 1970 Act and to actings under a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers under section 10 of that Act, any person who acts in contravention of this Order is guilty of an offence under section 3(2) of the 1970 Act and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.