Section 36 Fishing illegal where prohibited by existing law.
It shall not be lawful to fish for or take salmon at any place or by any mode prohibited by any Statute relating to salmon or salmon fisheries in Scotland subsisting and in force at the date of this Act; and nothing contained in this Act or in any byelaw shall render legal any mode of fishing which was or would have been illegal at the date of the passing of this Act.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Preamble (which recites Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 (c. 97), Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1863 (c. 50) and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1864 (c. 118)) omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)
- F2
The whole Act (except ss. 1, 11, 15, 18–24, 26, 27, 29, 31–36, 41) (with saving for s. 13) repealed by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), ss. 30(1), 41, Sch. 5
- F3
Act repealed (except in relation to the River Tweed and the Upper Esk) (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2),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
- F4
Act repealed in relation to the Tweed District (15.11.2006) by The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with art. 1(3))