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Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007

Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007

2007 asp 12

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Part 2: Gyrodactylus Salaris:  Containment and Treatment

Containment and treatment: additional powers

Section 17 – Gyrodactylus salaris: Scottish Ministers’ powers to take other measures

45.Section 17 inserts new section 5E into the 1937 Act, immediately after section 5D (inserted by section 16 of the Act). Section 5E(1) gives the Scottish Ministers power to take such other measures as they consider appropriate for the purpose of eradicating Gyrodactylus salaris or of preventing or limiting its spread in inland waters in Scotland or in marine waters adjacent to Scotland (which terms have the same meaning as in section 2ZB(6) of the 1937 Act, inserted by section 14 of the Act).

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