(1)This Act, which may be cited as the Salmon Act 1986, shall, with the exception of the provision mentioned in subsection (2) below, come into force on the expiry of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.
(2)Section 21 of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and such an order may include such transitional or saving provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provision brought into force by the order.
(3)The provisions of this Act modifying or repealing other enactments except section 38 have respectively the same extent as those other enactments.
(4)Subject to the application of section 39(1) of the M1Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (border rivers) in relation to section 32 of this Act and the enactments amended by sections 33 to 36 of this Act, sections 31 to 38 of this Act extend to England and Wales only.
(5)Except as this Act otherwise provides, Parts I and II and section 42 of this Act extend to Scotland only.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 43(2) power fully exercised (17.8.1992): 1.1.1993 appointed for s. 21 by S.I. 1992/1973, art. 2.
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