# Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Section 231: Tweed and Esk fisheries

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 111 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (regulation of Tweed and Esk fisheries) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for “salmon, trout, eels and freshwater fish” substitute “ salmon, trout, eels, lampreys, smelt, shad and freshwater fish ”.
(3) In subsection (4), in the definition of “conservation”, for “salmon, trout, eels and freshwater fish,” substitute “ salmon, trout, eels, lampreys, smelt, shad and freshwater fish, ”.
(4) In subsection (4), in the definition of “eels”, “freshwater fish”, “salmon” and “trout”—
(a) after “ “eels”,” insert “fish”, ”;
(b) after “ “salmon”” insert “ , “smelt” ;
(c) after “Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975” insert “ (as amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009) ”.
(5) At the end insert—
“(6) An Order under subsection (1) may amend that subsection so as to—
(a) add any description of fish to it, or
(b) remove any description of fish from it.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/section/231 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-231
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