2016 No. 251
Environmental Protection
Shellfish
Water
The Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Designation) (Scotland) Order 2016
Made 1st September 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 5th September 2016
Coming into force 4th October 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A(1) and (6) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 and of all other powers enabling them to do so.
2003 asp 3. Section 5A was inserted by section 54 of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7). It is modified in its application to the Solway Tweed River Basin District (within which the area to be designated lies) by regulation 5 and paragraphs 1 and 2A of schedule 4 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/99). The Solway Tweed River Basin District is identified under regulation 3 of those Regulations.
In accordance with section 5A(2) of that Act, they consider it desirable for the area of coastal water designated by this Order to be so designated under section 5A(1) for the protection or development of economically significant shellfish production.