LegalizeThe Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Designation) (Scotland) Order 2013
Made: 12th November 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 14th November 2013
Coming into force: 22nd December 2013
In accordance with section 5A(2) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consider it desirable for the areas of coastal water and transitional water designated by this Order to be so designated under section 5A(1) for the protection or development of economically significant shellfish production.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Designation) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 22nd December 2013.
- (2) In this Order “the Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.
Shellfish Water Protected Areas
2
- (1) Each area of coastal water or transitional water identified in maps 1 to 84[^f00002] is designated as a shellfish water protected area for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.
- (2) The maps referred to in paragraph (1) are the maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 5A(6) of the Act.
Signed
PAUL WHEELHOUSE — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 12th November 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order designates 84 areas of coastal water or transitional water within the Scottish River Basin District as “shellfish water protected areas” for the purposes of Part 1 (protection of the water environment) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.
These areas are identified by reference to maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 5A(6) of that Act. The maps have been published by the Scottish Ministers and are available on their website at www.scotland.gov.uk.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2003 asp 3. Section 5A was inserted by section 47 of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7).
[^f00002]: These maps were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 14th November 2013 under reference SG/2013/248.
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