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(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Designation) (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on 4th October 2016.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.
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(1) The area of coastal water identified on the map is designated as a shellfish water protected area for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004.
(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) is the map prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 5A(6) of the Act.
ROSEANNA CUNNINGHAM
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
1st September 2016