Section 25 Fixed engines in the Solway.

F1After section 7 of the M1Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951, there shall be inserted the following section—

“ Fixed engines in the Solway.

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(1)

Any person who, for the purpose of taking or obstructing the free passage of salmon, places or uses an uncertificated fixed engine within the limits of the Solway Firth in Scotland shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2)

In subsection (1) above—

• “fixed engine” includes any net or other implement for taking fish which is fixed to the soil or made stationary in any other way; and

• “uncertificated” means not having been certified as privileged under section 5 of the Solway Salmon Fisheries Commissioners (Scotland) Act 1877.”