2025 No. 7
Sea Fisheries
Shellfish

The Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery (Variation) Order 2025

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 19671 (as read with section 2 and schedule 1 of that Act) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with paragraphs 1 and 6 of that schedule2, they have prepared a draft of this Order, served a copy of it on the applicant, and had regard to the powers and duties of Crown Estate Scotland.

In accordance with paragraph 2 of that schedule, the applicant caused a draft of this Order to be published and circulated and gave notice of the application.

With regard to paragraph 3 of that schedule, no objections were received and no representations were made in writing to the Scottish Ministers in respect of the draft of this Order.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery (Variation) Order 2025 and comes into force on 9 March 2025.

Variation of the Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery Order 20152.

(1)

The Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery Order 20153 is varied in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.

(2)

In article 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the applicant”, for “guarantee and having its registered office at No. 2 Isle-Ewe, Aultbea, Achnasheen IV22 2JW” substitute “shares and incorporated under the Companies Act 20064, whose registered company number is SC461741, and having its registered office at The Boom, Mellon Charles, Aultbea, Achnasheen, IV22 2JL”.

(3)

In article 3 (right of several fishery) for “9th March 2025” substitute “9 March 2035”.

MAIRI GOUGEON
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery Order 2015 by—

(a)

amending the description of “the applicant”, Scot-Hatch Limited (article 2(2)(a)); and

(b)

extending the period for which the right of several fishery in Little Loch Broom, near Ullapool, is granted to Scot-Hatch Limited (“the applicant”) for a period of 10 years (article 2(3)).