
1 
This Order may be cited as the River Earn Catchment Area Protection Order 1990 and shall come into force on 30th January 1990.
2 
In this Order–
 “freshwater fish” has the same meaning as in section 24(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951;
 “the map” means the map marked “Area of the River Earn Catchment Area Protection Order 1990”, signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland and deposited in the office of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, Pentland House, Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh.
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.
4 
The prescribed area shall consist of the part of the catchment area of the River Earn which lies within Tayside and Central Regions upstream of the Hilton Viaduct and is delineated by a continuous blue line on the map.
T. J. Kelly
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland,
Pentland House,
Edinburgh
15th January 1990