Explanatory note

These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, provide for directions to be given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State for Wales, as appropriate, as to the payment of expenses of and incidental to public local inquiries held to consider applications for orders under section 28 of and Schedule 3 to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, and any other matters of procedure involved in making such orders.

The Regulations supersede the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1924, which applied only to expenses incurred in public local inquiries, and not in related procedures.