Article 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the North West Water Authority (Returns of Eels Taken) Order 1986 and shall come into force on 25th April 1987 unless a memorial is presented to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Act praying that this Order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure^f1.

In this Order “the Act” means the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.