The Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019

Made: 18th February 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 20th February 2019

Coming into force: 1st April 2019

In accordance with paragraphs 10, 11 and 14(1) of schedule 1 of that Act they have consulted such persons as they considered appropriate, directed that notice be given of the general effect of these Regulations and considered representations and objections made.

Citation and Commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 April 2019.

Amendment of the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016

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• (1) The Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016[^f00002] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) In regulation 3(2) (prohibition on retaining salmon), for “paragraphs (2A) and (3)” substitute “paragraph (3)”.

• (3) Omit regulation 3(2A).

• (4) For schedule 2 (inland waters: prohibition on retaining salmon), substitute the schedule set out in the schedule of these Regulations.

SCHEDULE — SUBSTITUTION OF SCHEDULE 2 OF THE CONSERVATION OF SALMON (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2016

Signed

ROSEANNA CUNNINGHAM — A member of the Scottish Government — 18th February 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (“the principal Regulations”), which make provision to regulate the killing of salmon in specified areas.

Regulation 2 makes minor amendments to the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(2) and (3) relate to the removal of regulation 3(2A) from the principal Regulations. Regulation 3(2A) makes specific provision in relation to the River Ness. This provision is no longer required as the River Ness is now excluded from the list of inland waters listed in schedule 2 (Inland Waters: Prohibition on Retaining Salmon) as substituted by regulation 2(4).

Schedule 2 describes the areas of inland waters where there is a prohibition on the retention of any salmon caught.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation to this Order has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies of it can be obtained from Marine Scotland, Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 15. Section 38 was amended by section 29 of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2016/115 as amended by S.S.I. 2016/392 and S.S.I. 2018/37.