{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/62",
  "legislation_title": "Salmon Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-act-1986",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Prosecution of offences under the Act of 1868.",
  "text": "(1) Section 30 and sections 38 to 40 of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 (prosecution of offences at the instance of the clerk to a district board or of any other person) shall cease to have effect but any proceedings begun before the commencement of this section shall proceed as if this section had not been passed.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under section 15 or sections 18 to 24 of that Act may be convicted on the evidence of one witness.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 5-30 repealed in part (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2), sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with s. 71(3)(4)(6)); S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2 and Act repealed in part (except s. 31) (15.11.2006) by Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1868 c. 123."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/62/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:55.047760+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}