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Section 2 Regulation by licence of spray irrigation in control area.

Scotland

(1)

On the coming into force of a control order no person shall for the purpose of spray irrigation abstract water from the control area, or cause or permit any other person so to abstract water, except in pursuance of a licence under this Act granted by the river purification F1authority concerned and except in accordance with the provisions of that licence, unless the operation of the licence has been suspended by virtue of a declaration made under section 7(2) of this Act.

(2)

Any person guilty of a contravention of the provisions of the foregoing subsection shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 3 on the standard scale.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 165

F2

Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (01.10.1991) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 130), s. 27(2), Sch.11; S.I. 1991/2187, art. 3, Sch.