Section 1 Grants for horticultural improvements.C1
United Kingdom
Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, the appropriate Minister may, in accordance with a scheme made by him with the approval of the Treasury F1and subject to such exceptions or restrictions as may be provided for by the scheme, make—
to the person carrying on a horticultural production business,
to the landlord of land in England or Wales occupied for the purposes of such a business and being or comprised in an agricultural holding within the meaning of the F2Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, or land in Scotland so occupied and being or comprised in an agricultural holding within the meaning of F3the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949, a holding to which any of the provisions of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931, apply or a croft within the meaning of the M1Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955, a grant of an amount equal to one-third of the amount of expenditure reasonably incurred by him in the carrying out of approved proposals for the provision of specified facilities for the purposes of the business.
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References in this Part of this Act to the provision of specified facilities are references to the provision or improvement of buildings, plant or equipment of a kind specified in the scheme, or the carrying out of work of a kind so specified, and include, in so far as the scheme so provides, the provision of shelter belts and the provision as well as the removal of hedges.
In this section “approved proposals” means proposals approved by the appropriate Minister, . . . F5
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The appropriate Minister may reduce or withhold any grant under this section in any case where assistance in respect of the provision of the facilities is given under any other Act of Parliament.
A scheme under this section (in this Part of this Act referred to as “a scheme”) may be made for England and Wales, for Scotland, for Northern Ireland, or for any two or all of those parts of the United Kingdom jointly.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words inserted by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 31(1)
- F2
Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100. Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 35
- F3
Words in s. 1(1)(b) substituted (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para.22 (with ss. 45(3), Sch. 1 para. 3)
- F4
S. 1(2) repealed by Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22), s. 61(8), Sch. 7
- F5
Words repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), ss. 31(1), 113(3), Sch. 5 Pt. V
- F6
S. 1(5) repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), ss. 31(1)(3), 113(3), Sch. 5 Pt. V
Marginal citations
- M1
Modifications
- C1
S. 1 amended by Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 (c. 28), s. 7(1)(2); extended by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 34(1)(2)
Notes on Part I
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. I (ss. 1-8) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, Sch. 1 Pt.II.