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The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 No. 2913

Weekly close time for salmon

35.—(1) The weekly close time for salmon fishing shall be such period of not less than 42 hours, including the whole of Sunday, as may be prescribed.

(2) No person shall fish for or take salmon during Sunday.

(3) No person shall fish for or take salmon during the weekly close time but, subject to paragraph (2), an order under this article may make provision for periods within the weekly close time during which it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line.

(4) Any person who contravenes this article shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(5) A person who commits an offence under this article may be convicted on the evidence of one witness.

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