Nothing in this Act shall transfer or authorise the transfer of any powers or duties exerciseable in or in relation to Scotland or any part of the sea adjoining Scotland, except so far as is expressly provided by this Act as respects communications and returns, and except so far as respects the river Esk and its banks and tributaries, referred to in section sixty-three of the [28 & 29 Vict. c. 121.] Salmon Fishery Act, 1865.

This Act may be cited as the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1903, and shall come into operation on the first day of October nineteen hundred and three.

The Board of Agriculture Act, 1889, and this Act may be cited together as the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Acts, 1889 and 1903.