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Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (1975 c 51) | Legislation

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[(1)     This section applies in any case where—

(a)     by means of any conduit or artificial channel, water is diverted from waters frequented by salmon or migratory trout; and

(b)     any of the water so diverted is used for the purposes of a water or canal undertaking or for the purposes of any mill or fish farm;

and in this section "the responsible person" means the owner of the water or canal undertaking or (as the case may be) the occupier of the mill or the owner or occupier of the fish farm.

(2)     Where this section applies, the responsible person shall, unless an exemption from the obligation is granted by the [appropriate agency], ensure (at his own cost) that there is placed and maintained at the entrance of, or within, the conduit or channel a screen which—

(a)     subject to subsection (4) below, prevents the descent of the salmon or migratory trout; and

(b)     in a case where any of the water diverted is used for the purposes of a fish farm, prevents the egress of farmed fish from the fish farm by way of

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