Part 1Methods of fishing and offences related to fishing

Exemptions

27Exemption from certain offences in respect of acts done for scientific and other purposes: salmon

1

A person shall not, in respect of any act or omission relating to salmon or salmon roe or eggs, be guilty of a contravention of an enactment prohibiting or regulating that act or omission if—

a

the act or omission is for—

i

some scientific purpose;

ii

the purpose of protecting, improving or developing stocks of fish; or

iii

the purpose of conserving any creature or other living thing; and

b

that person has obtained the previous permission in writing—

i

if the act or omission is one to which this sub-paragraph applies, of the district salmon fishery board for the salmon fishery district in which it takes place or of the Scottish Ministers; and

ii

in any other case, of the Scottish Ministers,

for the act or omission.

2

Sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (1)(b) above applies if the act or omission referred to in that sub-paragraph takes place in a salmon fishery district for which there is a district salmon fishery board; and is a contravention of section 1, 2, 5(1)(c), 18, 19 or 23 of this Act.

3

A permission under subsection (1) above shall specify the act or omission permitted and the enactment to which the permission relates.