# The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006, Article 48: Exemption from certain offences of acts done for scientific and other purposes: salmon


(1) A person shall not, in respect of any act or omission relating to salmon or salmon roe or eggs, be guilty of a contravention of an enactment prohibiting or regulating that act or omission if–
(a) the act or omission is for–
(i) some scientific purpose;
(ii) the purpose of protecting, improving or developing stocks of fish;
(iii) the purpose of conserving any creature or other living thing;
(iv) the purpose of cleaning or repairing any dam or mill lade; or
(v) the purpose of exercising any right of property in the bed of any river or stream; and
(b) that person has obtained the previous permission, in writing–
(i) if the act or omission is one to which this sub-paragraph applies, of the Commission or of the Scottish Ministers; and
(ii) in any other case, of the Scottish Ministers,
for the act or omission.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b)(i) applies if the act or omission referred to in that provision is a contravention of article 23, 27(c), 28 (so far as that article relates to article 22), 29, 30, 42, 43 or 47.
(3) A permission under paragraph (1) shall specify the act or omission permitted and the enactment to which the permission relates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110705548/article/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scotland-act-1998-river-tweed-order-2006/article-48
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