A scheme under section 26 or section 27 of this Act—
(a)shall be made by the appropriate Minister with the approval of the Treasury,
(b)[F2without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (4) of the said section 26 as to schemes under that section, may, in the case of a scheme under the said section 27]] authorise the making of different grant in different circumstances,
(c)may authorise the reduction or withholding of grant where assistance in respect of expenditure for which the grant is made is or may be given otherwise than under the scheme, but so that where expenditure, or part of expenditure, is eligible for grant at different rates, grant at the higher rate shall be allowed,
(d)may authorise the reduction or withholding of grant in respect of land for the benefit of which any other prescribed grant or contribution has been made out of money provided by Parliament or has been so made within a prescribed period ,
(e)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,
(f)may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as appear to the appropriate Minister expedient [F2including transitional provisions treating as having been done under or in pursuance of the scheme anything done under or in pursuance of a previous scheme]
(g)may be varied or revoked by a subsequent scheme,
(h)shall be made by statutory instrument of which a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 35 repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1987/166 (N.I. 1), art. 20, Sch.
F2Words substituted by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 32(5)