The Agriculture Improvement (Variation) (No. 3) Scheme 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/2066
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Scheme may be cited as the Agriculture Improvement (Variation) (No. 3) Scheme 1988 and shall come into force on 29th November 1988.

Section 2 Variation of the Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985

The Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985 shall be varied in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 below.

Section 3 Variation of the Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985

In paragraph 7 thereof (closing dates for claims)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (bA) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

(bB) any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in paragraph 9 in column 1 of Schedule 1 (arterial drainage works in Scotland) unless the claim for grant is received by him on or before 31st May 1991;

(bC) any work, facility or transaction in relation to an agricultural business which on 31st May 1989 is the subject of a current development plan approved under the 1980 Regulations or the 1981 Regulations or of a current improvement plan approved under the 1985 Regulations unless the claim for grant is received by him within one month of the date of closure of that plan;

(b) there shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (c) the following sub-paragraph—

(c) any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind not referred to in any of the above sub-paragraphs unless the claim for grant is received by him on or before 31st May 1989, or such later date, not later than 30th June 1989, as that Minister may in special circumstances permit.

Section 4 Variation of the Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985

For paragraph 7A thereof (closing date for incurring expenditure) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(7A) The appropriate Minister shall not pay grant under this Scheme in relation to any expenditure incurred on or after 29th November 1988 except expenditure incurred—

(a) in relation to any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in paragraph 5 or 6 in column 1 of Schedule 1 (heated glasshouses and glasshouse heating systems);

(b) in Scotland in relation to any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in paragraph 9 in column 1 of Schedule 1 and for which an application for approval was made in writing before 29th November 1988;

(c) in the Scilly Isles on or before 16th November 1993 in respect of any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 5 in column 1 of Schedule 1A.