{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986/section-10C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986/section-10C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/62",
  "legislation_title": "Salmon Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986",
  "path": "section/10C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10C",
  "heading": "Offences, penalties, forfeiture etc.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) acts in contravention of; or\n(b) fails to take any action required of him by, or to comply with any requirement imposed on him by,\nany provision of any regulations made under section 10A of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(2) Sections 7(3) (evidence), 19 (forfeiture) and 20 (disposal of seized fish) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 (c.26) shall apply in the case of a conviction under this section of this Act as they apply in the case of a conviction against Part I, section 7 or section 13, as the case may be, of that Act.\n(3) For the purpose of subsection (2) above—\n(a) the reference in the said section 7(3) to “this section” shall be construed as a reference to this section of this Act;\n(b) any reference in the said section 19 to an offence against Part I or section 13 of that Act shall be construed as a reference to an offence against any provision of any regulations made under section 10A of this Act; and\n(c) the reference in the said section 20 to “this Act” shall be construed as a reference to regulations made under section 10A of this Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 10A-10E inserted (S.) (15.4.2001) by 2001 asp 3, s. 1; S.S.I. 2001/116, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 5-30 repealed in part (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2), sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with s. 71(3)(4)(6)); S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2 and Act repealed in part (except s. 31) (15.11.2006) by Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/62/section/10C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:55.047760+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}