LegalizeThe Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020
Made: 1st December 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 3rd December 2020
Coming into force: 1st April 2021
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
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 April 2021.
Amendment of the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulation 2016
2
For schedule 2 (inland waters: prohibition on retaining salmon) of the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Regulations 2016[^f00002], 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
MAIRI GOUGEON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 1st December 2020
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 for regulating the killing of salmon in specified areas.
Regulation 2 substitutes schedule 2 (inland waters: prohibition on retaining salmon) of the principal Regulations, which 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 these Regulations 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, S.S.I. 2018/37, S.S.I. 2019/56 and S.S.I. 2019/426.
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