1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Salmon Fishery District Designation Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.
2.—(1) The area described in the Schedule to this Order is designated as a salmon fishery district to be known as the Northern Salmon Fishery District.
(2) The existing salmon fishery districts of Halladale; Kinloch (Kyle of Tongue); Naver and Borgie; and Strathy, being superseded by the district designated by this Order, are abolished.
3.—(1) The annual close time for the district designated by article 2 shall be the period from 27th August to 10th February, both dates inclusive, in each year.
(2) The period, within that annual close time, when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line in the district designated by article 2 shall be–
(a)in that part of the district which was formerly Kinloch (Kyle of Tongue) Salmon Fishery District the period from 27th August to 31st October, both dates inclusive, in each year; and
(b)in any other part of the district, the periods from 27th August to 30th September and 12th January to 10th February, all dates inclusive, in each year.
GORDON BROWN
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Pentland House,
Edinburgh
31st August 2006