Loch Awe and Associated Waters Protection Order 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/771 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 771 (S.79)
RIVER, SCOTLANDSALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES
The Loch Awe and Associated Waters Protection Order 1992
Made 13th March 1992
Coming into force 1st May 1992
The Secretary of State, having received relevant proposals, having taken into consideration the need for conservation, having been satisfied that there will be a significant increase in the availability of fishing for freshwater fish in the area to be prescribed in the following Order and that such fishing will be available in that area to a degree and on such terms and conditions he considers reasonable, having carried out all necessary consultations, having directed publication of the proposals and having considered all representations and objections duly made and not withdrawn, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 19761, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Loch Awe and Associated Waters Protection Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st May 1992.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“freshwater fish” has the same meaning as in section 24(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 19512;
“the map” means the map marked “Area of the Loch Awe and Associated Waters Protection Order 1992”, signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland and deposited in the office of the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Pentland House, Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh.
Prohibition of fishing without legal right or written permission
3. Fishing for or taking freshwater fish in the inland waters in the area prescribed in article 4 hereof, without legal right or without written permission from a person having such a right, is hereby prohibited.
Prescribed area
4. The prescribed area, which lies in Strathclyde Region, shall consist of—
(a) that part of the catchment area of Loch Awe that is bounded as follows:—
on or towards the east, by the road B840 from Ford Hotel in a north-easterly direction to its junction with the road A819 at Cladich and from that junction by the road A819 in a north-easterly direction to its junction with the road A85; on or towards the north, by the road A85 from its junction with...
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