# Salmon Act 1986, Section 28: Exemption from certain offences in respect of acts done for scientific etc. purposes.

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(1) A person shall not, in respect of any act or omission relating to salmon or salmon roe or eggs, be guilty of a contravention of an enactment prohibiting or regulating that act or omission if—
(a) the act or omission is for—
(i) some scientific purpose;
(ii) the purpose of protecting, improving or developing stocks of fish; or
(iii) the purpose of conserving any creature or other living thing; and
(b) he has obtained the previous permission in writing—
(i) if the act or omission is one to which this sub-paragraph applies, of the district salmon fishery board for the salmon fishery district in which it takes place or of the Secretary of State; and
(ii) in any other case, of the Secretary of State for the act or omission.
(2) Sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (1)(b) above applies if the act or omission referred to in that sub-paragraph—
(a) takes place in a salmon fishery district for which there is a district salmon fishery board; and
(b) is a contravention of—
(i) section 45 of the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857;
(ii) section 6 of the Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act 1859;
(iii) section 18, 19 or 20 of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868; or
(iv) section 2 or 4(c) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951.
(3) A permission under subsection (1) above shall specify the act or omission permitted and the enactment to which the permission relates.
(4) In this section—
(a) references to a salmon fishery district and to a district salmon fishery board include respectively references to the River Tweed and to the River Tweed Council;
(b) “enactment” includes any instrument made after the passing of this Act under any enactment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/62/section/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986/section-28
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