{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-waste-grant-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-wales-scheme-2001/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-waste-grant-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-wales-scheme-2001/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/3709",
  "legislation_title": "The Farm Waste Grant (Nitrate Vulnerable Zones) (Wales) Scheme 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-waste-grant-nitrate-vulnerable-zones-wales-scheme-2001",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the making of grants",
  "text": "(1) The National Assembly shall not make a grant under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3—\n(a) in respect of any agricultural business which is not at least partly carried out on land situated in a nitrate vulnerable zone; or\n(b) towards any expenditure incurred in respect of an agricultural business which entails an increase in its production capacity.\n(2) The National Assembly shall not make a grant under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 unless it is satisfied that the expenditure towards which the grant is to be made will result in at least some environmental benefit accruing to the nitrate vulnerable zone concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/3709/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:15:26.706952+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}