Part X Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

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(1)(2)

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F2(3)

Without prejudice to the last preceding subsection, the provisions of this Act relating to the new functions of F3water authorities shall not apply to so much of any inland waters as—

(a)

is part of the River Tweed, or

(b)

is part of the River Esk or of the river Sark or of any tributary stream of the River Esk or River Sark at a point where either of the banks of either of those rivers or of any such tributary stream is in Scotland.

(4)

In this section “the River Tweed” means the “the river” as defined by the Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act 1859 and any byelaw amending that defination.