Section 11 Specification of commercially damaging speciesI1

(1)

The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of this Chapter, by order specify as a commercially damaging species—

(a)

a species of fish or shellfish,

(b)

any other species of animal,

(c)

a species of plant.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers may make an order under subsection (1) in relation to a species only if they consider that the species—

(a)

if not controlled, would be likely to have a significant adverse impact on the economic or commercial interests of a person who carries on a business of fish farming or shellfish farming, and

(b)

is itself of little or no commercial value.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 11 in force at 16.9.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2