{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-acquisition-and-improvement-grants-scheme-1987/section-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1135",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) Scheme 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-acquisition-and-improvement-grants-scheme-1987",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Conditions for payment of grant",
  "text": "(1) In a case where the applicant intends to enter into a contract with another person for the carrying out of the whole or any part of the work to which his application for a grant relates, the Ministers shall, before the contract is made, approve—\n(a) the plans and specifications of the vessel to which the application for grant relates;\n(b) the tender for expenditure to be incurred; and\n(c) the form of contract to be entered into between the applicant and the builder, supplier or other contractor.\n(2) In a case where the applicant himself intends to undertake the whole or any part of the work to which his application for a grant relates the Ministers shall, before such work is begun, give their approval to the undertaking both as regards the manner in which it is to be carried out and the kind, quantity and cost of the materials to be supplied in the course thereof.\n(3) The vessel in respect of or in connection with which an application for a grant is made shall conform to any standards laid down under the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1986 and shall be constructed or adapted so as to make such provision for the accommodation of officers and crew as, in the opinion of the Ministers, conforms to the best modern practice after making due allowance for the age and kind of vessel concerned, for sleeping and messing accommodation, sanitary accommodation, medical or first-aid facilities, store rooms, catering facilities and other accommodation.\n(4) No grant shall be paid in respect of expenditure incurred in the acquisition of a vessel, or part of a vessel, constructed, or the improvement of a vessel carried out, elsewhere than in a member state.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1135/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:24:33.999455+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."
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