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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

Unclean salmon

41.—(1) Any person who–

(a)wilfully takes or fishes for; or

(b)buys, sells, exposes for sale or is in possession of,

any unclean or unseasonable salmon shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to any person who takes such salmon accidentally and forthwith returns it to the water with the least possible injury.

(3) Any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of any offence mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned.

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

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