The Tweed Regulation (Salmon Conservation) Order 2016

Made: 22nd February 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 23rd February 2016

Coming into force: 31st March 2016

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Conservation status assessment

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Prohibition on retaining salmon

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Conservation plans

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Consequential amendment

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Signed

AILEEN McLEOD — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 22nd February 2016

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2006/2913 as amended by S.I. 2015/203.

[^f00002]: The National Grid is the map reference system used on all Ordnance Survey maps to identify the position of a feature. Further information may be found at www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.

[^f00003]: The conservation objectives for the River Tweed special area of conservation may be found at https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/sitelink/siteinfo.jsp?pa_code=8369.

[^f00004]: “Inland waters” is defined in article 4(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006, S.I. 2006/2913, and includes all rivers above estuary limits and their tributary streams, and all waters, watercourses and lochs, whether natural or artificial, which drain, or drain to some extent, into the sea. “Estuary limits” is defined in article 3 of that Order as the limits which divide each river, including the river mouth, from the sea. The estuary limits for the River Tweed are fixed by article 3(3) and (4). The estuary limits for all other rivers within the Tweed district may be fixed by an estuary limits order made under article 3(5). Where no order is made under article 3(5) the estuary limits for a river are the natural limits which divide a river (including its mouth or estuary) from the sea (article 3(2)).

[^f00005]: Articles 4(1) and 5(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 define “the Commission” as the body corporate known as the River Tweed Commission.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2007/19, Article 3(3) was inserted by S.S.I. 2015/11.

Editorial notes