The Agriculture and Horticulture Grant (Variation) (No. 3) Scheme 1983

Citation and commencement

1.  This scheme may be cited as the Agriculture and Horticulture Grant (Variation) (No. 3) Scheme 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1983.

Application

2.  This scheme (except paragraph 5(a) and (c) and the proviso to paragraph 8 below) shall not apply in relation to any claim for grant towards expenditure incurred for the purposes of the Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme 1980(1) (hereinafter called “the principal scheme”) before 1st December 1983.

Variation of principal scheme

3.  The principal scheme shall be further varied in accordance with paragraphs 4 to 8 of this scheme.

4.  In regulation 2(1) thereof (interpretation)—

(a)there shall be inserted immediately after the definition of “ECU” the following definition—

“`glasshouse' means a fixed or mobile structure, used for the production of horticultural produce for sale, which is mounted on durable foundations, is not less than 1.67 metres high at the ridge, and of which more than half the total area of the sides, ends and roof is of glass or such other translucent material as will give a durability and transparency similar to that of glass;”;

(b)there shall be inserted immediately after the definition of “less-favoured area” the following definition—

“`main framework', in relation to a building or structure, means the floor, outer walls and roof of that building or structure and any internal dividing walls which are integral to that building or structure;”

5.  In paragraph 5 thereof (restrictions on payment of grant)—

(a)in subparagraph (2)(b) there shall be inserted after the words “on or after 30th November 1981” the words “relating to expenditure incurred before 1st December 1983”, and for the words “and in any case” there shall be substituted the word “or”;

(b)there shall be inserted after subparagraph (2)(b) the following subparagraph—

“(bA)where that expenditure is incurred on or after 1st December 1983 and is in respect of any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 5 of column 1 of the Schedule unless it appears to that Minister that, after completion of the works, facilities or transactions in respect of which the expenditure has been incurred, the number of pig places on the land on which there will be carried on the agricultural business in relation to which the expenditure has been incurred will not exceed 550, and in any of the above cases”;

(c)in subparagraph (3) there shall be inserted after the date “30th November 1981” the words “and before 1st December 1983”;

(d)there shall be inserted after subparagraph (3) the following subparagraph—

“(3A) The appropriate Minister shall not pay grant under paragraph 3(1) towards expenditure in respect of any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 5 of column 1 of the Schedule and is incurred on or after 1st December 1983 in connection with the breeding or keeping of dairy cows unless it appears to him that after completion of the works, facilities or transactions in respect of which that expenditure has been incurred not more than 40 dairy cows will be kept on the land on which there will be carried on the agricultural business in relation to which the expenditure has been incurred.”.

6.  In paragraph 7(1) thereof (restriction on payment of grant) there shall be inserted at the end the words “except to the extent that such excess expenditure or excess aggregate expenditure has been incurred in relation to any work, facility or transaction of a kind specified in paragraph 2(ii) or 16(ii) of column 1 of the Schedule and does not exceed the further sum of 50,000 ECU.”.

7.  In paragraph 9 thereof (amounts of grant)—

(a)in subparagraph (1)(a) the number “12(i)” shall be deleted;

(b)in subparagraph (1)(b) for the words “paragraphs 6, 7(i), 7(ii), 8 to 11, 12(ii) and 12(iii)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs 6, 7(i), 7(ii) and 8 to 12”.

8.  The Schedule to this scheme shall be substituted for the Schedule to the principal scheme (eligible works, facilities and transactions and rates of grant):

Provided that such substitution shall not affect the operation of the principal scheme in relation to expenditure incurred before 1st December 1983.