{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-industry-development-scheme-1997/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-industry-development-scheme-1997/section-6.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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Applications for grants under the Scheme",
  "text": "(1) Any person wishing to be considered for the payment of a grant under this Scheme shall apply for such a grant in such a way as the appropriate Minister may from time to time determine.\n(2) The appropriate Minister shall, from time to time, invite applications for grant, under this Scheme, such applications to be submitted by such deadlines as he decides.\n(3) In considering whether or not to approve an application for a grant under this Scheme the appropriate Minister—\n(a) shall have regard to the considerations set out in Schedule 1 to this Scheme; and\n(b) may seek the advice of any specialist in order to assess the merits of the proposal to which the application relates.\n(4) A person may apply for more than one grant under this Scheme.\n(5) In making an offer to pay a grant under this Scheme, the appropriate Minister shall indicate to the applicant how long the proposal to which the grant relates will be funded under it, and any particular conditions which will apply to that grant.\n(6) Each application shall contain the following information—\n(a) an indication of the area of the food industry it aims to benefit;\n(b) an explanation of why payment of grant under this Scheme is necessary to achieve the benefits described in the application;\n(c) evidence of the financial position of the applicant and (if the applicant is a partnership) of the partners concerned with the application;\n(d) a description of the objectives of the application and of the benefit to the food industry and to the United Kingdom’s economy should grant under this Scheme be paid to the applicant;\n(e) a description as to how progress towards the achievement of objectives contained in the application will be monitored;\n(f) a description as to how the success of the application would be measured on completion if grant aid were to be paid to the applicant under this Scheme; and\n(g) a plan for the application of the results of achieving those objectives and for the dissemination of key information to the relevant parts of the food industry.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2673/section/6",
    "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."
}