{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-and-communication-technology-grant-scheme-northern-ireland-2005/section-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/278",
  "legislation_title": "Information and Communication Technology Grant Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-and-communication-technology-grant-scheme-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Approval of expenditure",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall not approve expenditure incurred before the date of the approval.\n(2) The Department shall only approve expenditure where it is to be incurred by the processor in carrying out a proposal for the organisation, promotion, encouragement, development, co-ordination or facilitation of the marketing in Northern Ireland or elsewhere of –\n(a) agricultural produce; or\n(b) anything derived from such produce,\ninsofar as the expenditure is described in the Schedule.\n(3) The Department shall not approve expenditure unless the purpose is to improve ICT Linkages.\n(4) The Department shall not approve expenditure –\n(a) where it is to be incurred in the replacement of any item already in use by the applicant; or\n(b) to be incurred as part of the normal running costs of the business of the applicant.\n(5) The Department may approve expenditure in whole or in part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/278/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:03.982315+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."
}