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This Order amends the Tweed Regulation Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”). It makes amendments to the annual close time (article 2(a)) and adjusts the periods within the annual close time when it is permitted to fish for and take salmon by rod and line in the Tweed District (article 2(b)). It also prohibits the retention of salmon caught by rod and line during the period from 1st February to 31st March with the effect that any salmon caught by such means will require to be immediately released (article 2(c)).
By virtue of article 37 of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”) fishing for, or taking, salmon during the annual close time is an offence and any person found liable is subject, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. Failure to comply with the prohibition in new article 3(3) of the 2007 Order is also an offence by virtue of article 54(7) of the 2006 Order. Any person found guilty of such an offence is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
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