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11.—(1) If at any time after the Scottish Ministers have approved an application in respect of any Scottish based fishing boat it appears to them—
(a)that any relevant conditions for payment of the grant have been breached or have not been complied with; or
(b)without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1)(a), that any of the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (2) exist or have occurred,
they may revoke the approval of such application or withhold the grant or any part of the grant in respect of the application and, where any payment of grant has been made, may recover from the applicant on demand an amount equal to the whole or any part of the payment which has been so made, irrespective of whether payment of grant was made to the applicant directly or to the authorised provider on the applicant’s behalf by virtue of paragraph 7(2).
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), the circumstances are that—
(a)the application or any part of it was not an application which the applicant was eligible under paragraph 3 to make;
(b)the applicant or an employee or agent of the applicant—
(i)has intentionally obstructed an authorised officer, or person accompanying such an authorised officer under paragraph 10(5), in the exercise of the powers under paragraph 10; or
(ii)has given information on any matter relevant to the giving of the approval or the making of a payment relevant to the approval which is false or misleading in a material respect.
(3) Before revoking an approval or reducing or withholding any grant or making a demand by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers must—
(a)give the applicant a written explanation of the reasons for the step proposed to be taken;
(b)afford the applicant the opportunity of making written representations within such time as the Scottish Ministers consider reasonable; and
(c)consider any such representations.
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I1Para. 11 in force at 29.10.2012, see para. 1(1)
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