HL Deb 30 October 1986 vol 481 cc873-4

25 After Clause 23, insert the following clause— . After section 7 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951, there shall be inserted the following section— "Fixed engines in the Solway. 7.B.—(1) Any person who, for the purpose of taking or obstructing the free passage of salmon, places or uses an uncertificated fixed engine within the limits of the Solway Firth in Scotland shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. (2) In subsection (1) above— fixed engine" includes any net or other implement for taking fish which is fixed to the soil or made stationary in any other way; and uncertificated" means not having been certified as privileged under section 5 of the Solway Salmon Fisheries Commissioners (Scotland) Act l877.".".

Lord Glenarthur

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 25. This is a purely technical amendment which follows from changes in the 1975 Act made by Amendment No. 35, which my noble friend Lord Belstead will refer to in due course.

Moved, That this House do agree with the Commons in the said amendment.—(Lord Glenarthur.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.