Article 2 Modification of provisions of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

(1)

In relation to any fisheries within the southern area—

(a)

section 6 of the Act^f1 shall have effect as if it did not apply in the case of a T net which is not outrigged;

(b)

paragraph 21 of Schedule 3 to the Act shall have effect as if the words“(not being fixed engines)” were omitted.

(c)

paragraph 25 of that Schedule shall have effect as if the words“(not being a fixed engine)” were omitted.

(2)

In paragraph (1) of this article—

“T net” means a net having one or more bags, pockets or monks, a headpiece not exceeding 92 metres in length and a tailpiece not exceeding 230 metres in length, which when shot from a fishing coble in the form of a letter “T” is suspended in the water by means of floats and is or is intended to be maintained stationary by anchors or weights;
“outrigged”, in relation to a T net, means set out on the seaward side of, and in a line with, any other such net.

Annotations

f1: Section 6 was amended by section 33(1) and (2) of the Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62).