2.—(1) In this Order—
“the applicant” means Scot-Hatch Limited, a company limited by [F1shares and incorporated under the Companies Act 2006, whose registered company number is SC461741, and having its registered office at The Boom, Mellon Charles, Aultbea, Achnasheen, IV22 2JL];
“creel” means a basket, small cage, pot, receptacle or container with one or more openings or entrances which may be baited and is placed on the seabed for the purpose of catching shellfish;
“the fishery” means that part of the bed of the sea in Little Loch Broom, near Ullapool, described in the Schedule to this Order; and
“the grantee” means the applicant or such other person as is for the time being entitled to the right of several fishery conferred by this Order.
(2) A reference in this Order to anything produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1), which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2(1) substituted (9.3.2025) by The Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery (Variation) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/7), arts. 1, 2(2)
Commencement Information
2000 c.7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).