# The Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) Scheme 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme enables grants to be made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fish industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland being grants towards expenditure incurred in the acquisition or improvement of vessels engaged or to be engaged in catching or processing sea fish (paragraph 3).
No grant may be paid under this Scheme unless the relevant application is approved by Ministers before 31st December 1991 and the conditions set out in paragraphs 9 and 10 of the Scheme have been complied with (paragraph 7). The rates of grant for all vessels, registered or intended to be registered in the United Kingdom, are set out in paragraph 8 of the Scheme.
The Scheme revokes the earlier Schemes listed in the Schedule which have ceased to have effect (paragraph 16).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1135/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-acquisition-and-improvement-grants-scheme-1987/note
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