The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006

Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26)

3.  After section 7(1)of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 there shall be inserted the following section–

“Powers of water bailiffs in the Tweed district etc.

7A.— (1) This section applies where an order under section 1 of this Act imposes any prohibition or restriction on fishing for salmon or migratory trout within any waters which form part of the Tweed district (as defined in article 2(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/)).

(2) Any water bailiff or constable or any person appointed by the Scottish Ministers in pursuance of article 59(5) of that Order may exercise in relation to a contravention of an order referred to in subsection (1) any of the powers conferred upon him in relation to a contravention of that Order.

(3) The provisions of articles 57 to 62 and 64(3) and (4) of that Order shall apply in relation to an order referred to in subsection (1) as they apply in relation to a contravention of that Order.”.

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Section 7 was amended in respect of Scotland only by the 2003 Act, section 70 and Schedule 4, paragraph 2.