Conservation plans

4.  The Scottish Ministers may agree a conservation plan in respect of the Tweed district with the Commission(1).

(1) For the purposes of this article—

(a) “conservation plan” means a plan setting out the objectives, priorities and management measures with respect to—

(i) the management of salmon fisheries in the Tweed district; and

(ii) the conservation of salmon in that district; and

(b) “salmon” does not include any salmon produced by fish farming.

(1)

Articles 4(1) and 5(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 define “the Commission” as the body corporate known as the River Tweed Commission.