Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013
Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (2013 asp 7)
- Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (2013 asp 7)
- PART 1 Aquaculture
- CHAPTER 1 Fish farm management
- 1 Fish farm management agreements and statements
- 2 Escapes, and obtaining samples, from fish farms
- CHAPTER 2 Fish farming: equipment and wellboats
- Equipment
- 3 Technical requirements for equipment used in fish farming
- Wellboats
- 4 Meaning of “wellboat”
- 5 Control and monitoring of operations of wellboats
- 6 Enforcement notices
- 7 Marine enforcement officers' functions
- 8 Power to detain wellboats in connection with court proceedings
- 9 Release of wellboat detained under section 8
- 10 Power of sheriff to order release of wellboats
- CHAPTER 3 Commercially damaging species
- Orders relating to commercially damaging species
- 11 Specification of commercially damaging species
- 12 Movement of species, etc.
- 13 Orders under section 12(1): samples and surveillance
- 14 Offences relating to persons appointed under section 13
- 15 Notification of presence of commercially damaging species
- Control
- 16 Control agreements
- 17 Control schemes
- 18 Emergency action notices
- 19 Appeals in connection with emergency action notices
- Powers
- 20 Power to enter fish farms, shellfish farms, etc.
- Offences
- 21 Offences in relation to control agreements, control schemes, etc.
- Interpretation of Chapter 3
- 22 Interpretation of Chapter 3
- CHAPTER 4 Planning permission
- 23 Planning permission for marine fish farms
- PART 2 Salmon fisheries, etc.
- Governance
- 24 District salmon fishery boards: openness and accountability
- 25 Duty to consult and report before making certain applications
- Management
- 26 Carcass tagging
- 27 Powers to take fish or samples for analysis, etc.
- 28 Power of Scottish Ministers to conduct inquiries and obtain information
- 29 Monitoring and evaluation of the effects of orders, etc.
- 30 Power to vary procedures for orders, etc. relating to certain fisheries
- 31 Offence of fishing for salmon during annual close time
- 32 Consents for introduction of fish into inland waters
- 33 Offences exempted by permission or consent: power to attach conditions, etc.
- Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003: Crown application
- 34 Application of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 to the Crown
- PART 3 Sea fisheries
- Enforcement of sea fisheries legislation
- 35 Powers of British sea-fishery officers to enforce sea fisheries legislation
- Detention of vessels in connection with court proceedings
- 36 Power to detain vessels in connection with court proceedings
- 37 Release of vessel detained under section 36
- 38 Power of sheriff to order release of vessels
- Inspection and seizure of objects used in commercial sea fishing
- 39 Power to inspect and seize objects
- 40 Reports of inspections under section 39
- 41 Retention of objects seized under section 39(3)
- 42 Disposal of objects seized under section 39
- Retention and disposal of property seized by BSFOs
- 43 Retention of property seized by British sea-fishery officers
- 44 Power of Scottish Ministers to sell seized fish in their possession
- 45 Disposal of property retained by Scottish Ministers under section 43
- Forfeiture
- 46 Forfeiture of prohibited items
- 47 Forfeiture of fish failing to meet size requirements
- 48 Further provision about forfeiture under section 46 or 47
- Inshore sea fishing
- 49 Contravention of orders prohibiting inshore sea fishing
- 50 Powers of entry
- Enforcement of EU rules
- 51 Modification of the Fisheries Act 1981: enforcement of EU rules
- Supplementary
- 52 Conclusion of proceedings
- 53 Interpretation of Part 3
- PART 4 Shellfish
- Protection of shellfish waters
- 54 Protection and improvement of shellfish waters
- Orders as to fisheries for shellfish
- 55 Power to make orders as to fisheries for shellfish
- 56 Contravention of regulated fishery orders
- 57 Enforcement of orders: powers of entry
- 58 Power to appoint inspectors before making orders as to fisheries for shellfish
- PART 5 Miscellaneous
- Charging
- 59 Power to charge in connection with fisheries functions
- Fixed penalty notices
- 60 Fixed penalty notices
- 61 Fixed penalty notices and civil sanctions under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
- PART 6 General
- 62 Subordinate legislation
- 63 Interpretation
- 64 Ancillary provision
- 65 Crown application
- 66 Commencement
- 67 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 Commercially damaging species: control schemes
- Making a control scheme: procedure
- Variation or revocation of a control scheme: procedure
- Objections
- Making, varying or revoking a control scheme: notices
- Validity of control schemes
- Appeals
- SCHEDULE 2 Forfeiture under section 46 or 47
- Application of schedule
- Notice of intended forfeiture
- Notice of claim
- Automatic forfeiture in a case where no claim is made
- Decision whether to apply for order forfeiting property
- Return of property if no application made to the sheriff
- Forfeiture applications
- Appeal against sheriff's decision on forfeiture application
- Effect of forfeiture
- Disposal of property which is not returned
- Provisions as to proof
- Power to destroy fish before forfeiture
- Power to return shellfish to the sea before forfeiture
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