20 Disposal of fish seized under the Act. F1S
Where under this Act any fish is seized as liable to forfeiture the person by whom it is seized may sell it and the net proceeds of the sale shall be liable to forfeiture in the same manner as the fish sold:
Provided that no person shall be subject to any liability on account of his neglect or failure to exercise the powers conferred on him by this section.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 20 extended by Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84), s. 18(2)
C2S. 20 extended by Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26, SIF 52:1), ss. 7(2)(a)(b), 10(2)
C3S. 20 applied (with modifications) by 1986 c. 62, s. 10C(2)(3) (as inserted (15.4.2001) by 2001 asp 3, s. 1; S.S.I. 2001/116, art. 2)
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act repealed (except in relation to the River Tweed and the Upper Esk) (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2), sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with s. 71(3)(4)(6)); S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2; and (only in relation to the Tweed district) (15.11.2006) by The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with art. 1(3))