Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/15/section/30
Timestamp: 2020-08-09 08:16:29
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 30.
(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (6) below, a person shall not be guilty of a contravention of any of sections 1, 2, 5(1)(b) and (c),[F16, 8,] 13(2) and (3), 14(1), 15 to 18 [F2, 22(1) and 23], or regulations under[F3section 21A or ] section 31(1)(a) or (d), of this Act in respect of any act or omission if the act or the omission takes place within, and in the course of the operation of, a fish farm.
[F4(2A)In granting consent under subsection (2) above, the Scottish Ministers may impose conditions or requirements.
(5)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 16, 17(2)(b),[F517B(3)(b),] 18(1)(b)[F6, 21A(4)(a) or (b)] or 22 of this Act to show that that person believed on reasonable grounds that the fish with respect to which the offence is alleged to have been committed were produced by fish farming.
F1Words in s. 30(1) inserted (1.8.2007) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 12), ss. 23(2)(a)(i), 45(2) (with s. 39); S.S.I. 2007/333, art. 2(1)
F2Words in s. 30(1) substituted (1.8.2007) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 12), ss. 23(2)(a)(ii), 45(2) (with s. 39); S.S.I. 2007/333, art. 2(1)
F3Words in s. 30(1) inserted (16.9.2013) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), ss. 26(3)(a), 66(2) (with s. 65); S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2
F4S. 30(2A)-(2D) inserted (16.9.2013) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), ss. 33(4), 66(2) (with s. 65); S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2
F5Word in s. 30(5) inserted (1.8.2007) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 12), ss. 23(2)(b), 45(2) (with s. 39); S.S.I. 2007/333, art. 2(1)
F6Words in s. 30(5) inserted (16.9.2013) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), ss. 26(3)(b), 66(2) (with s. 65); S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2
I1S. 30 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2