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(1)Section 64 of the Salmon and Freshwater (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (power of the Scottish Ministers to conduct inquiries and to obtain information) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)require a person having rights in a salmon fishery or freshwater fishery to provide the Scottish Ministers with such information relating to the fishery as they may reasonably request;”,
(b)in paragraph (a), the words from “, provided” to the end of the paragraph are repealed.
(3)In subsection (2), for the words “Any proprietor or occupier of a fishery” substitute “Any person having rights in a salmon fishery or freshwater fishery”.
(4)After subsection (2) insert—
“(3)In this section, a “person having rights in a salmon fishery or freshwater fishery” means—
(a)a proprietor of a salmon fishery;
(b)an occupier of such a fishery;
(c)an owner of land to which a right of fishing for freshwater fish pertains; or
(d)an occupier of such a right.”.
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