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Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. No. 560 of 2003).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Aquaculture Freshwater fishes Diadromous fish Aquatic animals Fish disease Offences/penalties Cartilaginous fishes Animal health
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3).
Abstract

This Order prohibits the keeping or release in Scotland of any species of fish or the live eggs of fish specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Order, except under authority of a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers (art. 3). Section 3 of the Act provides that any person who keeps or releases any of the species of fish specified in Schedules 1 and 2 on the date the Order comes into force without a valid licence or who contravenes the terms of a licence shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. In addition to prohibiting the keeping or release of certain fish specified for the first time in the Order, the Order consolidates and revokes three other Orders. The species which were specified in these three Orders are now specified in Schedule 2 to the Order.

Full text
English
Website
www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. No. 174 of 2012).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012

Keyword: Biodiversity, Ranching/captive breeding, Alien species, Dangerous animal/harmful animal, Data collection/reporting, Offences/penalties, Cartilaginous fishes, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX