Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2271 (S. 188)
The Skye Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1991
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991 No. 2271 (S. 188)
RIVER, SCOTLAND
SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES
The Skye Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1991
| Coming into force | 21st October 1991 |
The Secretary of State, on application to him by five proprietors in the Snizort and Sligachan Salmon Fishery Districts being areas affected by the following Order, having carried out all necessary consultation and complied with all necessary procedures as required by paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to the Salmon Act 1986[1] (there being no objections or representations duly made with respect to the proposals in the application), in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(2) and section 2 of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Skye Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 1991 and shall come into force on 21st October 1991.
Designation of the Skye Salmon Fishery District
2.—(1) The area described in the Schedule to this Order is designated as a salmon fishery district to be known as the Skye Salmon Fishery District.
(2) The existing Snizort Salmon Fishery District and Sligachan Salmon Fishery District being salmon fishery districts superseded by the Skye Salmon Fishery District are abolished.
Application of Regulations
3. The general Regulations made under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1862 to 1868[2] as respects the matters specified in section 6(6) of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 shall apply to the Skye Salmon Fishery District as if the references to the districts abolished by article 2(2) of this Order were references to the Skye Salmon Fishery District.
Annual close time
4. The annual close time for the salmon fishery district shall be the period from 27th August to 10th February both dates inclusive in each year and the period within that time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line shall extend from 27th August to 15th October, both dates inclusive in each year.
T. J. Kelly
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office
Pentland House, Edinburgh
9th October 1991
Notes:[1] 1986 c. 62.
[2] 1862 c. 97, 1863 c. 50, 1864 c. 118, 1868 c. 123; by virtue of Schedule 5 to the Salmon Act 1986 these Acts have been repealed with the exception of certain provisions in the 1868 Act.
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