Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Scheme enables the appropriate Minister to pay to any person satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph 3 thereof a grant representing 50 per cent of the expenditure (other than value added tax) 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—
the produce of agriculture (including horticulture);
the produce of an activity specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993 (1993 c. 37) by order made by the Ministers; or
anything derived from produce falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above,
insofar as the expenditure relates to any of the items specified in Schedule 1 to the Scheme. The phrases “the appropriate Minister” and “the Ministers” and the word “agriculture” are defined in section 50(9) of the Agriculture Act 1993.
Paragraph 4 of the Scheme imposes conditions relating to applications for grants under it; paragraph 5 of the Scheme sets out the maximum amount of money that may be paid in respect of a grant made under it; paragraph 6 of the Scheme imposes conditions relating to the payment of grants under it; paragraph 7 of the Scheme imposes conditions on certain grant recipients regarding the making of annual submissions to the appropriate Ministers about the proposal being funded under it; paragraph 8 of the Scheme imposes conditions on grant recipients regarding the making of submissions to the appropriate Minister after funding of the proposal to which the grant relates has ceased; paragraph 9 of the Scheme imposes conditions on grant recipients regarding the keeping and disclosure of records relating to the proposal being funded under it; paragraph 10 of the Scheme specifies that the carrying out of any proposal funded under it may not be commenced without the written consent of the appropriate Minister; paragraph 11 of the Scheme enables the appropriate Minister (provided the condition specified therein is satisfied) to permit a proposal being funded under it to be varied or withdrawn by the grant recipient and to recover grant monies already paid in respect of a proposal which is withdrawn as aforesaid; and paragraph 12 of the Scheme enables the appropriate Minister to impose financial limits on it by indicating that (for a specified period) further grant applications will not be accepted.