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The Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Amendment Scheme 1992

S.I. 1992/3291 · Made 16 December 1992

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CROFTERS, COTTARS AND SMALL LANDHOLDERS

Made 16th December 1992

Laid before Parliament 29th December 1992

Coming into force 1st January 1993

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955f1, section 14(1) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961f2, and section 12(6) of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976f3 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the Crofters Commission and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Scheme:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1955 c. 21.

f2

1961 c. 58; section 14 was amended by the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 21), Schedule 2, paragraph 22(a) and (b).

f3

1976 c. 21.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Scheme 1988
  3. 3Saving
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Scheme may be cited as the Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Amendment Scheme 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

2Amendment of the Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Scheme 1988

The Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Scheme 1988f1 (“the principal Scheme”) shall be amended as follows;—

For item 2 of Column 1 of the Schedule there shall be substituted the following:—

“2

Improvement of land (excluding heathland or moorland) by regeneration, re-seeding, laying down to permanent pasture or reconditioning.”.

3Saving

This Scheme shall not apply in relation to an application under article 5 of the principal Scheme by a crofter received by the Secretary of State on or before 31st March 1993 where part of the common grazing has been apportioned to that crofter under section 27 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955f1 on or after 1st January 1990 but before the coming into force of this Scheme.

Signature

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th December 1992

We approve,

Irvine Patnick

Gregory Knight

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

16th December 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

The Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Scheme 1988 provides that the Secretary of State may make grants to Crofters and certain other occupiers of land in the crofting counties for certain specified purposes.

This Scheme excludes heathland and moorland from the type of land which can be improved with grant assistance (article 2). The Scheme however contains a saving in respect of crofters who have had part of the common grazings apportioned to them by the Crofters Commission between 1st January 1990 and the date of coming into force of this Scheme who may continue to apply for grant assistance in respect of such land until 31st March 1993 (article 3).