This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999 and shall come into force immediately before the principal appointed day2

In this Order–

• “the 1951 Act” means the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 19513

• “the 1975 Act” means the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 19754

• “the 1976 Act” means Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 19765

• “the 1986 Act” means the Salmon Act 19866

• “the 1991 Act” means the Water Resources Act 19917

• “the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 19958

• “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “the Environment Agency” means the body corporate established under section 1 of the 1995 Act;

• “the River Tweed Council” means the council established by section 6 of the Tweed Fisheries Act 19699

• “sea trout” means migratory fish of the species Salmo trutta commonly known as sea trout and any part of such a fish; and

• “Upper Esk” means that part of the River Esk lying upstream of a line drawn from a point at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NY 3245 6632 on the western bank of the River Sark in a southerly direction to a point at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NY 3245 6503 on the coast of Cumbria and “Lower Esk” means any part of that River downstream of that line.