{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-industry-development-scheme-1997/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-industry-development-scheme-1997/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2673",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Industry Development Scheme 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-industry-development-scheme-1997",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Scope of the Scheme",
  "text": "(1) In accordance with the following provisions of this Scheme the appropriate Minister may pay to any person satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph 5 below a grant representing any sum up to the specified percentage of the expenditure on eligible items (as referred to in paragraph 8 below) which has been incurred by that person in carrying out a proposal for the organisation, promotion, encouragement, development, co-ordination or facilitation of the marketing in Great Britain or elsewhere of—\n(a) the produce of agriculture (including horticulture);\n(b) the produce of fish farming;\n(c) the produce of an activity specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993 by order made by the Ministers; or\n(d) anything derived from produce falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) above.\n(2) For the purposes of this Scheme, where the person referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above as satisfying those conditions is a partnership, the expenditure of each partner shall be regarded as included in partnership expenditure.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (1) above “the specified percentage”, in relation to expenditure incurred on eligible items, means—\n(a) in cases other than those to which paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph applies, 50%, and\n(b) in cases where contributions under paragraph 9 below have been made—\n(i) such percentage as is equal to the sum of 50% of the expenditure so incurred plus 50% of the expenditure on those contributions, or\n(ii) 100% of the expenditure so incurred,\nwhichever is the lower.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2673/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:43:15.943422+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."
}