# Salmon Act 1986, Paragraph 1


The Secretary of State may make a designation order only on the application to him by—
(a) a district salmon fishery board for a district which would be affected by the proposed order;
(b) where there is no such board, two proprietors of salmon fisheries in the area which would be affected by the proposed order; or
(c) any number of or combination of such boards or such proprietors in the area which would be affected by the proposed order
but the Secretary of State may act under this Schedule notwithstanding that the applicants do not represent the whole area which would be affected by the proposed order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/62/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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