Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 2003 asp 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 26th March 2003 and received Royal Assent on 1st May 2003 An Act of the Scottish Parliament to consolidate, with amendments recommended by the Scottish Law Commission, the enactments relating to salmon and freshwater fisheries in Scotland.
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METHODS OF FISHING AND OFFENCES RELATED TO FISHING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Methods of fishing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Methods of fishing: salmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who fishes for or takes salmon in any inland waters, except- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) Subject to section 25 of this Act, any person who fishes for or takes salmon in any waters in a salmon fishery district other than inland waters except by- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Without prejudice to section 294 (attempts to commit crime) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of an offence mentioned in this section shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(6) A person found guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Methods of fishing: freshwater fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, any person who fishes for or takes freshwater fish in any inland waters except by rod and line shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Without prejudice to section 294 (attempts to commit crime) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of the offence mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) In any pond or loch where all the owners are agreed, a right of fishing may be exercised by net. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) In any inland waters an owner or occupier may fish for or take freshwater fish, other than trout, by net or trap. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Use of gaff, tailer or landing net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nothing in section 1 or 2 of this Act shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a gaff, tailer or landing net as auxiliary to the taking of fish by rod and line. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Meaning of "rod and line" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) In this Act "rod and line" means single rod and line (used otherwise than as a set line or by way of pointing, or by striking or dragging for fish) with such bait or lure as is not prohibited by this section or, in relation to fishing for salmon, under section 33 or 38(5)(b) of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) It is prohibited to use fish roe, fire or light as bait or lure. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offences related to fishing for salmon and freshwater fish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Prohibition against using explosive and other noxious substances for the destruction or taking of fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Without prejudice to section 294 (attempts to commit crime) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of an offence mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | Fishing for salmon without right or permission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who without legal right, or without written permission from a person having such right, fishes for or takes salmon in any waters, including any part of the sea within 1.5 kilometres of mean low water springs, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Without prejudice to section 294 (attempts to commit crime) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of the offence mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Illegal fishing by two or more persons acting together | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If two or more persons acting together do any act which would constitute an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 of this Act, every such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section, and liable- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 | Taking of dead salmon or trout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Without prejudice to section 3 of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937 (c.33) (powers and duties of fishery boards), any person other than- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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who takes or removes dead salmon or trout from any waters, including any part of the sea within 1.5 kilometres of low water mark, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Without prejudice to section 294 (attempts to commit crime) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of the offence mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Illegal possession of salmon or trout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who is found in possession of any salmon or trout, or any instrument, explosive, poison or other noxious substance which could be used in the taking of salmon or trout, in circumstances which afford reasonable ground for suspecting that that person has obtained possession of such salmon or trout, or such instrument, explosive, poison or substance as the result or for the purpose of committing an offence under any of the provisions of sections 1, 2, 5, 6 or 7 of this Act, may be charged with unlawful possession as aforesaid of such salmon or trout, or of such instrument, explosive, poison or substance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Where the court is satisfied that a person charged under subsection (1) above obtained possession of salmon or trout, or of any instrument, explosive, poison or other noxious substance as the result or for the purpose of committing an offence under any of the provisions of sections 1, 2, 5, 6 or 7 of this Act, that person may be convicted of unlawful possession as aforesaid and dealt with in like manner as if that person had been convicted of the same offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Offences in relation to passage of salmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who does any act for the purpose of preventing salmon from passing through any fish pass, or taking any salmon in its passage through the same, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Fishing in waters where fishing rights owned by one person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who without legal right, or without permission from a person having such right, fishes in a proper stank or loch shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 | Contravention of protection order | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who fishes for or takes freshwater fish in contravention of a prohibition contained in a protection order made under section 48 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Without prejudice to section 294 (attempts to commit crime) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of the offence mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 | Weekly close time for salmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The weekly close time for salmon shall extend from the hour of six in the evening on Friday to the hour of six on the following Monday morning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) No person shall fish for or take salmon during Sunday. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) No person shall fish for or take salmon (except during Friday, Saturday or Monday by rod and line) during the weekly close time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) This section is subject to section 31(5) of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Fishing for salmon during annual close time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, any person who fishes for or takes salmon during the annual close time within the meaning of section 37 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) It shall not be an offence to fish for or take salmon by means of rod and line at any period within the annual close time when such fishing is permitted by the regulations or, as the case may be, byelaws in force in the district in which the fishing occurs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Removal of boats and nets during annual close time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The proprietor or occupier of any salmon fishery shall within thirty-six hours after the commencement of the annual close time- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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with the exception of such boats and oars as may be used in angling. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The proprietor or occupier of any cruive shall within thirty-six hours after the commencement of the annual close time- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) Any proprietor or occupier who fails to comply with the duty imposed by subsection (1) or, as the case may be, (2) above shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 | Buying and selling salmon in close time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who buys, sells, exposes for sale or is in possession of, any salmon taken within the limits of this Act during the period when the annual close time is in force in every salmon fishery district and in the River Tweed, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) It shall be a defence to a prosecution brought under this section for the accused to prove that the salmon was caught lawfully. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) The burden of proving that any salmon was caught beyond the limits of this Act shall lie on the person charged with selling, exposing for sale, or being in possession of, the salmon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The annual close time for trout shall extend from 7th October to 14th March, both inclusive. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) It shall not be an offence under this section for the owner or occupier of any water where trout are kept in captivity or artificially reared or fed, or any person employed by such a person, to take trout from such water during the annual close time- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) It shall not be an offence under this section for a person to whom trout are consigned, whether by sale or otherwise, for the purpose mentioned in subsection (3)(b) above, to be in possession of such trout. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 | Unclean salmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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any unclean or unseasonable salmon shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Subsection (1)(a) above does not apply to any person who takes such fish accidentally and forthwith returns it to the water with the least possible injury. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Any person who buys, sells, exposes for sale or is in possession of any salmon roe shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to any person who gives a reason, satisfactory to the court before which that person is charged, for being in possession of salmon roe. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) Subsection (3) above is without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (2) above relating to the circumstances in which subsection (1) above does not apply. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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that a relevant offence has at any time been committed in relation to the salmon shall be guilty of an offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence under this section for the accused to show that no relevant offence had in fact been committed in relation to the salmon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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and, for the purposes of this subsection, "offence", in relation to the taking, killing or landing of salmon either in Scotland or in England and Wales means an offence under the law applicable to the place where the salmon is taken, killed or landed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section in respect of conduct which constitutes a relevant offence in relation to any salmon or in respect of anything done in good faith for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime or the investigation or treatment of disease. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Packages of salmon or trout to be marked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any person who consigns or sends by any common or other carrier any salmon or trout in a package which is not marked conspicuously on the outside with- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) An authorised person may open any package consigned or sent or brought to any place to be consigned or sent, and suspected to contain salmon or trout. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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an authorised person may detain the package and its contents pending proceedings for an offence against any provision of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) If, before the conclusion of such proceedings as are mentioned in subsection (3) above, any salmon or trout detained under that subsection becomes unfit for human consumption, any authorised person may destroy it, or cause it to be destroyed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, any person who purchases, sells, exposes for sale, consigns for sale, exports or consigns for export- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to live trout sold or disposed of for the purpose of stocking any river, loch or water, or of artificial propagation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Protection of young salmon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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any smolt, parr, salmon fry or alevin shall be guilty of an offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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shall be guilty of an offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Any person who during the annual close time obstructs or impedes salmon in their passage to any such bed, bank or shallow shall be guilty of an offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Subsections (1) to (3) above shall not apply to acts done in the course of cleaning or repairing any dam or mill-lade, or in the exercise of rights of property in the bed of any river or stream. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) above and subject to subsection (6) below, a district salmon fishery board may, with the consent of all the proprietors of salmon fisheries in any river or estuary, adopt such means as they think fit for preventing the ingress of salmon into narrow streams in which they or the spawning beds are from the nature of the channel liable to be destroyed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) Nothing done under subsection (5) above may interfere with any water rights used or enjoyed for the purposes of manufacture, agriculture or drainage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(7) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) A person who intentionally introduces any salmon or salmon eggs into inland waters in a salmon fishery district for which there is a district salmon fishery board shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Any person who, for the purpose of taking, or obstructing the free passage of, salmon, places or uses an uncertificated fixed engine in the Solway shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Any person who, without legal right, or without permission of a person having such right, takes or fishes for any fish other than salmon in any of the rivers, streams or other watercourses running into the Solway shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) A person shall not, in respect of any act or omission relating to fishing for or taking salmon, be guilty of a contravention of an enactment prohibiting or regulating that act or omission if the act or omission has been exempted by the Scottish Ministers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6) below, a person shall not be guilty of a contravention of any of sections 1, 2, 5(1)(b) and (c), 13(2) and (3), 14(1), 15 to 18 and 22(1), or regulations under section 31(1)(a) or (d), of this Act in respect of any act or omission if the act or the omission takes place within, and in the course of the operation of, a fish farm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) There shall be no contravention of paragraph (b) or (c) of section 5(1) of this Act, by virtue of subsection (1) above, in respect of an act referred to in those paragraphs if, and only if, the act is carried out with the consent of the Scottish Ministers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, the act of selling or exporting fish by or on behalf of a person who has reared the fish in a fish farm shall be deemed to be an act carried out within a fish farm in the course of the operation of that farm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under section 15 of this Act in relation to a boat or other thing mentioned in that section which is not in a fish farm, it shall be a defence for the person charged with such offence to prove that the act or omission complained of was necessary for the purpose of the operation of a fish farm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 16, 17(2)(b), 18(1)(b) or 22 of this Act to show that that person believed on reasonable grounds that the fish with respect to which the offence is alleged to have been committed were produced by fish farming. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) above "fish farming" means the breeding, rearing or cultivating of fish, whether or not for the purpose of producing food for human consumption; but the reference in that subsection to fish produced by fish farming does not include fish bred, reared or cultivated in captivity which have later been released to the wild. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(6) Any proprietor or occupier of a fishery at which stake weirs, stake nets, fly nets or bag nets are used who fails, in regard to such weirs or nets, to do all acts required by regulations made under subsection (1) above for the observance of the weekly close time shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(7) Any person who contravenes a regulation made under this section shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Exception from regulations with respect to the construction of dams, lades and water wheels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) No regulations made under this Act with respect to the construction and alteration of dams, lades or waterwheels, so as to afford a reasonable means for the passage of salmon, shall apply to streams or branches or tributaries of rivers which are of such small size as not to be frequented by salmon, nor to dam dykes which in the average state of the river do not obstruct the passage of salmon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Where in any intake lade there is a sufficient sluice, it shall not be necessary to remove the said sluice to a higher point of the lade, nor to construct an additional sluice at the intake thereof. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) It shall be lawful to lift any heck from out the water as a means of protection during a flood, or when the river is encumbered with ice, or with weeds and floating leaves to an extent to choke the heck. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Without prejudice to section 38(5)(b) of this Act and subject to subsections (2) to (7) below, the Scottish Ministers may make regulations prohibiting the use of specified baits and lures for the purposes of the definition of "rod and line" in section 4(1) of this Act in the case of fishing for salmon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The Scottish Ministers may make regulations under subsection (1) above only on an application to them made in accordance with subsection (5) below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) Regulations made in respect of an application under subsection (2) above shall be made only in respect of the district of the applicant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ADMINISTRATION OF SALMON FISHERIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) The Scottish Ministers may, in accordance with section 35 of this Act, by order (in this Act referred to as a "designation order") designate any area as a salmon fishery district, whether or not it includes all or part of an existing salmon fishery district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) A designation order shall provide for the abolition of such salmon fishery districts as are superseded by the district so designated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Subject to section 37(1) of this Act, a designation order shall specify for the district so designated the annual close time and the periods within that time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line; and the order may make different provision for different parts of the district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Paragraphs 1, 2 and 10 to 15 of schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the making of designation orders. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) The Scottish Ministers may by order vary the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 10 to 15 of schedule 1 to this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) For the purposes of this section "estuary limits" means limits which divide each river including its mouth or estuary from the sea. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) The Scottish Ministers may, in relation to any river, and whether or not any such limits have previously been fixed, by order (in this Act referred to as an "estuary limits order") prescribe limits which shall be the estuary limits for that river. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Paragraphs 3, 4 and 10 to 15 of schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the making of an estuary limits order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) Where the estuary limits of any river have been fixed, and after consulting such persons as they think fit, the Scottish Ministers may, by order, change a reference used in describing estuary limits where the suitability of that reference for that purpose has lessened or ceased; but such an order shall not be an estuary limits order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The annual close time for a salmon fishery district shall be a continuous period of not less than 168 days and shall apply to every mode of fishing for and taking salmon except to the extent that provision is made for periods within that time during which it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) The Scottish Ministers may, subject to subsection (1) above, by order (in this Act referred to as an "annual close time order") prescribe for any district the dates of the annual close time and the periods within that time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line and they may make different provision for different parts of a district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Paragraphs 5, 6 and 10 to 15 of schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the making of orders under this section. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The Scottish Ministers may make regulations under this section if they consider that it is necessary or expedient to do so for the conservation of salmon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Regulations under this section shall not be taken to be for something other than the conservation of salmon by reason only that they also have effect in relation to the management of salmon fisheries for exploitation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) In considering whether or not it is necessary or expedient to make regulations under this section the Scottish Ministers shall have regard to any representations made to them by any person having an interest in fishing for or taking salmon, or in the environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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regulations made under this section shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) A person who commits an offence under this section may be convicted on the evidence of one witness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(9) Paragraphs 7 to 15 of schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the making of regulations under this section. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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39 | Procedure for making orders and regulations under section 33 and this Part | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule 1 (which makes provision for the making of certain orders and regulations under section 33 and this Part of this Act) shall have effect. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) A qualified proprietor shall be, for the purposes of this Act, a proprietor of a salmon fishery entered in the valuation roll. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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value that fishery and enter it in the valuation roll according to its value in each district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) A qualified proprietor shall be an upper proprietor or a lower proprietor for the purposes of this Act according to whether the salmon fishery in question is, respectively, upstream or downstream of a division of a river as defined in subsection (7) or (8) below and, in this Act, "upper proprietor" and "lower proprietor" each means a qualified proprietor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) A person who is a qualified proprietor of one salmon fishery situated above and another situated below a division referred to in subsection (4) above shall be both an upper proprietor and a lower proprietor, whether or not both fisheries are on the same river in the district, and may act in either capacity or in both capacities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) Subject to subsection (5) above, a qualified proprietor in a salmon fishery district shall not be eligible for election, co-option or appointment to the district salmon fishery board for that district in respect of more than one salmon fishery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(10) Subject to section 5 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c.51) (jurisdiction as regards heritable property), the sheriff may, on summary application made by a person whose request to the board to add or remove a name has not been met, order the board to add or remove that name. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Where there is in a salmon fishery district only one proprietor of salmon fisheries, for references in this Act, except in paragraph 1 of schedule 2, to two proprietors of salmon fisheries in a salmon fishery district for which there is no board there shall be substituted references to that sole proprietor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) A qualified proprietor or an elected member or convener of a district salmon fishery board may at any time authorise a person to act on behalf of such proprietor, member or convener; and such a person is referred to in this Act as a "mandatory". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A mandatory may as such be elected under schedule 2 to this Act as a representative of qualified proprietors or as convener but, subject to subsection (4) below, a person may not authorise another to act as a co-opted member under this Act nor shall a mandatory be co-opted under section 45(2) of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) A person who is both an upper and a lower proprietor by virtue of section 40(5) of this Act may authorise a person in accordance with this section in either or both of those capacities or may do so in each capacity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Where a co-opted member is not a natural person, it may authorise a natural person to represent it for the purposes of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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that committee shall be the district salmon fishery board for that district; and the purpose of such a board shall be the purpose specified above in respect of the association. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, a committee mentioned in subsection (1) above shall cease to be the district salmon fishery board for a district on the expiry of a period of three years from the date of the last meeting of proprietors which elected, in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 2 to this Act, such members as require to be elected under Part 2 of that schedule. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) On the coming into force of a designation order the committee within the meaning of this section in respect of a district superseded by the district so designated shall cease to be a district salmon fishery board; and any committee within the meaning of this section which has been constituted in accordance with schedule 2 to this Act in anticipation of the order and in respect of the district designated by the order shall be the district salmon fishery board for that district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) If a committee ceases to be a district salmon fishery board, the assets and liabilities of that board shall be the assets and liabilities of the members of the association for which the committee acts; but, for the purposes of the winding-up of such an association, any assets of the former board remaining after the settlement of the liabilities of the former board shall be distributed amongst all the proprietors in the district who were liable to the fishery assessment immediately before the date on which the committee ceased to be such a board, according to the valuation of each fishery as entered in the valuation roll at that date. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) A district salmon fishery board shall not be bound by any direction given to them by the association for which the elected members of the board act as a committee. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(7) There may be a district salmon fishery board for a district whether or not there are any salmon in the waters of that district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) The Scottish Ministers may by order vary the provisions of schedule 2 to this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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relating to the activities of the board; and the clerk of the board shall call an annual meeting of qualified proprietors in the district for the purposes of considering the report and the audited accounts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A district salmon fishery board shall have power to impose an assessment, to be known as the fishery assessment, on each salmon fishery in their district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) The fishery assessment shall be assessed at such uniform rate as is determined for all fisheries in the district by the board and shall be exigible according to the valuation of a fishery as entered in the valuation roll. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 40 of this Act shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(6) The powers under subsection (5) above to recover arrears of fishery assessment include power to recover interest, chargeable at such rate as the Scottish Ministers shall determine, on such arrears from, in the case of recovery of arrears under subsection (5) above which have been outstanding for at least three months from the date of issue of a notice of assessment, that date until payment or the commencement of an action for payment, whichever is the earlier. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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but they shall not pay to any member of that board any salary or fees for acting in any way as a member of or under that board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | General powers and duties of district salmon fishery boards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) The elected members of a district salmon fishery board shall, in accordance with Part 2 of schedule 2 to this Act, co-opt representatives of salmon anglers and tenant netsmen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(5) References in any enactment to water bailiffs shall include references to water bailiffs appointed under this section. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The first meeting of a district salmon fishery board shall be at the date, time and place determined by the members of the board who were elected at the meeting of qualified proprietors called under paragraph 1 of schedule 2 to this Act but in any case shall be no later than 21 days after that meeting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A district salmon fishery board shall determine the quorum for their meetings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) No act or proceeding of a district salmon fishery board shall be questioned on account of any vacancy in their membership and no defect in the qualification or appointment of any person acting as a member shall vitiate any proceedings of the board in which that member has taken part. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) The minutes of proceedings of district salmon fishery boards shall be signed by the convener and shall be conclusive evidence of the proceedings; and a meeting so minuted shall be presumed to have been duly convened and held and all members thereof to have been duly qualified. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) On the written request of any two members of the board, the convener shall be bound to convene a meeting of the board within fourteen days of receiving the request and the clerk shall give notice to each member of the date, time and place of and the agenda for that meeting, and the request mentioned in this subsection may be communicated and stored electronically. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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the clerk to that board shall call a meeting of qualified proprietors in that district for the purpose of electing or re-electing, in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 2 to this Act, such members as require to be elected under Part 2 of that schedule; and at that meeting each member of the board shall first resign. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The provisions of schedule 2 to this Act, apart from paragraph 1, shall apply to further elections as they apply to the first election of the members. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, a member of a district salmon fishery board may resign at any time and a person who ceases to meet the requirements of this Act for membership of a district salmon fishery board shall cease to be a member of that board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Where a person is both an upper and a lower proprietor by virtue of section 40(5) of this Act, subsection (3) above shall have effect as respects either or each such capacity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ADMINISTRATION OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Increased availability of, and protection for, freshwater fishing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Where the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that, if proposals submitted to them under this section were implemented, there would be a significant increase in the availability of fishing for freshwater fish in inland waters to which the proposals relate, they may, subject to subsection (3) below, make an order (in this Act referred to as a "protection order"). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(5) In deciding for the purposes of subsection (3)(c) above whether the terms and conditions referred to therein are reasonable, the Scottish Ministers may have regard to the circumstances in which fishing is made available in any waters other than those to which the proposals relate in respect of the following matters- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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and if, 6 months before the specified date, the Scottish Ministers have received no such complaints or if, in their opinion, the complaints received by them are insignificant or frivolous, they may make a protection order renewing that protection order with effect from the specified date without further procedure, except that paragraph 7 of schedule 3 to this Act shall apply to such an order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) Where the Scottish Ministers have received complaints under subsection (7) above which appear to them to be well-founded (that is to say, neither insignificant nor frivolous), they shall, without prejudice to the competence of their making a fresh protection order in accordance with this section, not renew the protection order under that subsection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(9) Subject to subsections (7) and (8) above, schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect as to the procedure in the making, variation and revocation of a protection order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(10) In subsections (1), (3)(c), (6) and (7) above "proposals" means proposals as originally submitted to the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, as modified under subsection (4) above. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(11) The proposals mentioned in this section may be communicated and stored electronically. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(12) For the purposes of this section and section 49 of this Act, "inland waters" does not include the tidal parts of rivers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) For the purpose of securing compliance with a protection order, the Scottish Ministers may appoint as wardens such persons as they think fit from among persons nominated to them by or on behalf of an owner of land to which a right of fishing for freshwater fish pertains or by or on behalf of an occupier of such a right in any inland waters in the prescribed area. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Scottish Ministers under schedule 3 to this Act shall have a right to enter land for the purpose of affixing or maintaining a copy of any notice or order which that person is required to affix or maintain by any provision of that schedule. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) The production of the instrument of appointment of a warden purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers or of the authorisation by the Scottish Ministers of any person referred to in subsection (2) above shall be sufficient warrant for the exercise of any power which has been conferred on that warden or such a person. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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51 | Financial contributions towards organisations developing freshwater fisheries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Scottish Ministers may make payments of such amount and subject to such conditions as they may determine to any organisation approved by them and having as its object, or one of its principal objects, the development and improvement of freshwater fisheries and the making of such fisheries available for letting or fishing by persons authorised to fish. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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52 | Grant of warrant to search premises or vehicles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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on any premises or in any vehicle, may by warrant under the hand of such sheriff or justice authorize and empower any constable or water bailiff to enter such premises or vehicle, if necessary by force, for the purpose of detecting such offence, or such concealed fish or instruments, and to seize all illegal nets, engines or other instruments, or any salmon or trout illegally taken, that may be found on such premises or in such vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) A person authorised by a warrant issued under subsection (1) above to search any premises or any vehicle may search every person who is found in, or whom the person so authorised has reasonable ground to believe to have recently left or to be about to enter, those premises or that vehicle, as the case may be. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) No person shall in pursuance of any search authorised by this section be searched except by a person of the same sex. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) A constable who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against any of the provisions of this Act has been committed, and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found in any vehicle, but who considers that by reason of urgency or other good cause it is impracticable to apply for a warrant to search such vehicle, may stop and search that vehicle and any person who is found in, or whom there are reasonable grounds to believe to have recently left or to be about to enter the vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A constable who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against any of the provisions of this Act is being committed and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found in any premises (other than a dwelling house or any yard, garden, outhouses and pertinents belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith) but who considers that by reason of urgency or other good cause it is impracticable to apply for a warrant to search such premises, may search them without warrant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Any constable may exercise any of the powers conferred on a water bailiff by section 55 of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) No person shall in pursuance of any search authorised by this section be searched except by a person of the same sex. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) A water bailiff appointed by a district salmon fishery board who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against any of the provisions of this Act has been committed and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found in any vehicle on any private land adjoining any water within the district of the district salmon fishery board by which that bailiff was appointed or any adjoining district or in any stationary vehicle on a road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54) adjoining such water or such land, may search that vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Any water bailiff appointed by a district salmon fishery board may exercise in any district adjoining that of the board by which that bailiff was appointed any power which that bailiff may lawfully exercise in the district of such board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) The production by a water bailiff of the instrument of appointment purporting to be signed on behalf of the district salmon fishery board by which that bailiff was appointed, or of any badge or other device indicating such appointment and purporting to be issued by such board, shall be a sufficient warrant for the exercise of any power conferred on such water bailiff by or in pursuance of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) The Scottish Ministers may appoint persons as water bailiffs, and any person so appointed may exercise any of the powers conferred by this Act on water bailiffs appointed by a district salmon fishery board, but only in relation to such district or part of a district as may be specified in the instrument of appointment; and the production of the instrument of appointment purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers shall be a sufficient warrant for the exercise of any such power. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) It shall be lawful for a water bailiff, without any warrant or other authority than this Act, to seize and detain any person found committing an offence against any provision of this Act and to deliver such person to a constable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(7) For the purposes of this section and section 54 of this Act "land" includes land covered by water, but does not include a dwelling house or any yard, garden, outhouses and pertinents belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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56 | General enforcement provisions not to apply in relation to protection orders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Without prejudice to any other enactment or rule of law, sections 52, 53, 54, 55 and 60 of this Act shall not apply in relation to the enforcement of protection orders made under section 48 of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Where an offence under any of the provisions of this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with any functions of management as if that person were a director of the body corporate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Offences in relation to obstruction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Any person who refuses to allow a constable or a water bailiff to exercise any power conferred on such constable or bailiff by or in pursuance of this Act, or who obstructs the exercise of any such power, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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59 | Power of court in trial for an offence to convict of another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) Any fish seized under this section as liable to forfeiture may be sold by the person seizing it, and the net proceeds of the sale shall be liable to forfeiture in the same manner as the fish sold. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) No person shall be subject to any liability on account of any neglect or failure to exercise the powers conferred by this section. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Subsection (2) applies where in accordance with a provision mentioned in subsection (3) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence to prove a particular matter. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) If the person adduces evidence which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to the matter the court or jury shall assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) The provisions in respect of which subsection (2) applies are sections 16, 19, 20 and 30 of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Jurisdiction in respect of offences committed on sea coast or at sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Any offence committed under this Act on the sea coast, or at sea beyond the ordinary jurisdiction of any sheriff or justices of the peace, shall be held to have been committed within the body of any sheriffdom abutting on such sea coast, or adjoining such sea, and may be tried and punished accordingly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Disqualification of justices | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No justice of the peace shall be entitled to hear any case in respect of an offence committed on that justice's own fishery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) Any proprietor or occupier of a fishery who wilfully refuses to comply with any requirement made in pursuance of this section, or makes any statement in relation to such a requirement which is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Additional powers in respect of licensing and regulation of salmon dealing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) The Scottish Ministers shall have power by order to prescribe the fees, or the maximum amounts of the fees, which the licensing authority may determine and charge under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1982 in respect of the licensing of dealing in salmon; and in that respect the licensing authority's powers under that paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of any such order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, any contract entered into in writing for a consideration and for a period of not less than a year whereby an owner of land to which a right of fishing for freshwater fish in any inland waters pertains or the occupier of such a right authorises another person to so fish shall be deemed to be a lease to which the Leases Act 1449 (c.6) applies, and the right of fishing so authorised shall, for the purposes of succession to that right, be deemed to be heritable property. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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67 | Application of this Act to the Crown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers, Parts 2, 3 and 4 of this Act shall apply to land- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) Except as provided in subsection (1) above, this Act shall not apply to the Crown. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Orders and regulations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make an order or regulations under this Act shall be exercised by statutory instrument. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, a statutory instrument containing any order or regulations under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) No regulations are to be made under section 31(4)(c) of this Act unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) References to an occupier of a right of fishing for freshwater fish are references to a person who is in possession of that right as tenant under a lease of land to which such a right pertains or under a contract which by virtue of section 66 of this Act is deemed to be a lease and, for the purposes of this subsection "tenant" and "lease" include "subtenant" and "sublease" respectively. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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70 | Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The Acts mentioned in Part 1 of schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments mentioned in that Part, being amendments consequential upon the provisions of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The enactments mentioned in the first column of Part 2 of schedule 4 to this Act are repealed or revoked to the extent mentioned in the second column of that Part, except in so far as they apply to the River Tweed or the Upper Esk. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Short title, commencement and extent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) This Act may be cited as the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) This Act (except this section) shall come into force on such date as the Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) This Act does not apply to the River Tweed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DESIGNATION ORDERS, ESTUARY LIMITS ORDERS, ANNUAL CLOSE TIME ORDERS AND REGULATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 33 AND 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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but the Scottish Ministers may act under this schedule notwithstanding that the applicants do not represent the whole area which would be affected by the proposed order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | An application under paragraph 1 above shall be accompanied by the applicant's written proposals which shall state- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 | (1) Before making an order or, as the case may be, regulations, the Scottish Ministers shall direct that notice of the general effect of the proposals shall be given, specifying the time (not being less than 28 days from the date of the first publication of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, representations or objections with respect to the proposals may be made. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Notice shall be given at least once in each of two successive weeks by advertising in a newspaper circulating in the district or districts affected by the proposals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) Notification of the time when and the place where the inquiry is to be held shall be sent to any person who has duly made and has not withdrawn representations about or objections to the proposals, and shall be published at least once in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the district or districts affected by the proposals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) The person appointed to hold the inquiry may administer oaths and examine witnesses on oath and may accept, in lieu of evidence on oath by any person, a statement in writing by that person. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) The Scottish Ministers may make orders as to the expenses incurred by them in relation to the inquiry (including such reasonable sum as they may determine for the services of the person appointed to hold the inquiry) and as to the expenses incurred by the parties to the inquiry and as to the parties by whom such expenses shall be paid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) Any order of the Scottish Ministers under sub-paragraph (5) above requiring any party to pay expenses may be enforced in like manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | After considering the report of the person appointed to hold the inquiry in pursuance of paragraph 14 above and any representations or objections which were duly made, the Scottish Ministers may make an order or, as the case may be, regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ELECTION AND CO-OPTION OF MEMBERS OF DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) Where the salmon fishery district lies in more than one sheriffdom, the sheriff in whose jurisdiction lies the major part of that district may, for the purposes of this schedule, perform the duties specified in sub-paragraph (1) above in an adjacent sheriffdom. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) The sheriff may recover from the committee formed in accordance with this schedule all expenses incurred by the sheriff in the performance of the sheriff's duties under this paragraph, whether or not that committee becomes a district salmon fishery board, but if it does become such a board, these expenses may be met out of the fishery assessment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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that committee shall be or continue to be the district salmon fishery board for that district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Membership of such a committee, whether or not it is a district salmon fishery board, shall not affect eligibility for membership of any other such committee or board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) At least one representative shall be elected from amongst upper proprietors and at least one representative shall be elected from amongst lower proprietors, but an election under this paragraph shall not be held invalid if either- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) The total number of representatives of qualified proprietors shall be at least three. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) A qualified proprietor shall have, in respect of each fishery that person owns within the district, one vote in an election under this paragraph and shall have one additional vote for each £5,000 or part thereof by which the value of that fishery as entered in the valuation roll exceeds £5,000 but, subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, no proprietor shall have more than four votes in total as respects each fishery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) A person who is both an upper and a lower proprietor by virtue of section 40(5) of this Act shall count as both an upper and as a lower proprietor for the purposes of this paragraph and may both vote and be elected in each capacity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | (1) In the co-opting of representatives of salmon anglers and of tenant netsmen under Part 2 below, the number of representatives of salmon anglers and tenant netsmen together shall be less than the number of elected representatives of qualified proprietors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A person who is both an upper and a lower proprietor by virtue of section 40(5) of this Act shall be counted in each capacity for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) A representative of salmon anglers shall be a person whom the board consider to be representative of persons angling for salmon in the district but who is not an upper proprietor in that district. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Before co-opting a person as a representative of salmon anglers, the board shall consult such organisations representing salmon anglers in the district as they think fit; but this requirement shall not apply to the filling of a vacancy in accordance with section 47(5) of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | (1) The members of the committee shall be members of a district salmon fishery board if the committee consists of not fewer than three elected representatives of qualified proprietors in the district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) As soon after their election as is practicable, the elected representatives of qualified proprietors shall, in accordance with the provisions of this schedule co-opt representatives of salmon anglers and tenant netsmen in the district as required by section 45(2) of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) As soon after such co-option as is practicable, the elected representatives of qualified proprietors and the co-opted representatives shall elect, from among the representatives of qualified proprietors, a convener. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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but a committee shall not fail to be a district salmon fishery board only by reason that no persons or not enough persons have been co-opted in accordance with this paragraph if- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PROVISIONS AS TO MAKING, VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF PROTECTION ORDERS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Making of protection order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Before the Scottish Ministers make a protection order they shall require a person from whom they have received proposals under section 48(3)(a) of this Act to give notice in such form as they may direct- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | The notice to be given under paragraph 1 above shall be given by publication in the Edinburgh Gazette and in such number of such newspapers as the Scottish Ministers may direct. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | The Scottish Ministers may direct that, in addition to publication of the notice as required by paragraph 2 above, a copy or copies of it shall be affixed by a person duly authorised in writing by them to some conspicuous object or objects on the banks of any waters to which the proposals relate or of such other waters as they may direct and at such number of places as they may direct. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | If no representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Scottish Ministers may make a protection order. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | (1) If any representation or objection duly made is not withdrawn, the Scottish Ministers may, after considering the same, forthwith make a protection order or may cause a local inquiry to be held. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The Scottish Ministers shall appoint a person to hold the inquiry and to report thereon to them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Notification of the time when and the place where the inquiry is to be held shall be sent to any person who has duly made and has not withdrawn representations or objections to the proposals, and shall be published in such newspaper or newspapers as the Scottish Ministers may direct. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) The person appointed to hold the inquiry may, on the motion of any party thereto or on that person's own motion, serve a notice in writing on any person requiring that person to attend at the time and place set forth in the notice to give evidence or to produce any books or documents in that person's custody or under that person's control which relate to any matter in question at the inquiry:. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(5) The person appointed to hold the inquiry may administer oaths and examine witnesses on oath and may accept, in lieu of evidence on oath by any person, a statement in writing by that person. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) Any person who refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in obedience to a notice under sub-paragraph (4) above or to give evidence or who wilfully alters, suppresses, conceals, destroys, or refuses to produce, any book or document which that person may be required to produce by such a notice shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(7) The Scottish Ministers may make orders as to the expenses incurred by them in relation to the inquiry (including such reasonable sum as they may determine for the services of the person appointed to hold the inquiry) and as to the expenses incurred by the parties to the inquiry and as to the parties by whom such expenses shall be paid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) Any order of the Scottish Ministers under sub-paragraph (7) above requiring any party to pay expenses may be enforced in like manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | After considering the report of the person appointed to hold the inquiry in pursuance of paragraph 5 above and any representations or objections which were duly made, the Scottish Ministers may make a protection order. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 | Paragraph 7 above shall apply to an order varying a protection order as it applies to a protection order. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 | (1) Before the Scottish Ministers make an order revoking a protection order, they may by notice make such publication as they think fit of the general effect of the proposed revocation and specify a time within which, and the manner in which, representations or objections with respect to the proposed revocation may be made. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The Scottish Ministers may cause a copy or copies of the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above to be affixed by a person duly authorised by them in writing to some conspicuous object or objects on the banks of such waters at such places as the Scottish Ministers may direct. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) If no representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Scottish Ministers may make the order revoking the protection order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) If any representation or objection duly made is not withdrawn, the Scottish Ministers may forthwith make the order or may cause a local inquiry to be held. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (8) of paragraph 5 above shall apply in relation to an inquiry under this paragraph as they apply in relation to an inquiry under that paragraph, but as if in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph for the word "proposals" there were substituted the words "proposed revocation". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) Paragraph 6 and 7 above shall apply in relation to an order revoking a protection order as they apply in relation to a protection order, but as if in paragraph 6 for the reference to paragraph 5 above there were substituted a reference to this paragraph. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 | The Scottish Ministers shall cause to be published each year a list of prescribed areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c.84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | In section 18 (enforcement of orders in relation to salmon and migratory trout) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, for subsection (2) there shall be substituted- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | (1) The Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 shall be amended as follows. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) In subsection (1) of section 7 (powers of water bailiffs etc.), for the words from "district board" to the end there shall be substituted the words "district salmon fishery board within the meaning of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15) ("the 2003 Act")." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | (1) The Water Act 1989 shall be amended as follows. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 17 (minor and consequential amendments) for the words from "section 15" to "Secretary of State" there shall be substituted the words "section 64 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15) (power of Scottish Ministers". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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