Enforcement of orders, etc.U.K.

18 Enforcement of orders in relation to salmon and migratory trout.E+W+S

(1)In so far as [F1any order under section F2... 5 or 6 of this Act], imposes any prohibition or restriction on fishing for salmon or migratory trout within [F3the waters specified in subsection (1A)] or on landing salmon or migratory trout

[F4(a)section 31(1)(d) of the M1Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (which confers power of seizure) shall apply as if the reference in it to that Act included a reference to this Act, and sections 36(1) and (2) of that Act, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 (all of which contain ancilliary provisions), shall be construed accordingly as including references to that Act as applied by this subsection;]

[F5(b)the provisions of sections 169 and 172 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and, in relation to those sections, of Schedule 20 to that Act (which confer powers of entry) shall apply as if F6... any order under section 5 or 6 of this Act, were an enactment to which the said sections 169 and 172 applied.]

[F7(1A)The waters specified for the purposes of subsection (1) are any waters which are included in the area in relation to which—

(a)by virtue of section 6(7) of the Environment Act 1995, the Environment Agency; or

(b)by virtue of section 6(7A) of that Act, the Natural Resources Body for Wales,

carries out functions relating to fisheries under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.]

[F8(2)Where any order under the said section F9... 5 or 6 imposes any prohibition or restriction on fishing for salmon or migratory trout within any waters which form part of the district of a district salmon fishery board within the meaning of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), or on landing salmon or migratory trout at a place within such a district as aforesaid, the provisions of sections 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58 and 60(3) and (4) of that Act (which relate to enforcement and forfeiture) shall apply in relation to any contravention of the orders mentioned above as they apply in relation to a contravention of that Act.

[F10(3)Where any order under the said section F11... 5 or 6 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. 2006/2913)), or on landing salmon or migratory trout at a place within that district, the provisions of articles 56 to 61 and 63(3) and (4) of that Order (which relate to enforcement and forfeiture) shall apply in relation to any contravention of the orders mentioned above as they apply in relation to a contravention of that Order.]]

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