The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (Scotland) Scheme 2001

Approval of applications

6.—(1) The Ministers shall approve any application which they have selected for approval under paragraph 5(2)(a) or (4).

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, the Ministers may at any time–

(a) determine conditions to which an approval given under this paragraph shall be subject; and

(b) amend such conditions.

(3) The Ministers shall in writing–

(a) notify applicants of the result of their applications; and

(b) notify applicants whose applications they have approved under this paragraph of any conditions which they have determined or amended under sub paragraph (2).

(4) The Ministers shall publish in such manner as they consider appropriate a notice identifying the vessels to which applications selected for approval relate.

(5) The Ministers shall revoke any approval, which the Commission decide is incompatible with the common market having regard to Article 87 of the EC Treaty and, where grant has already been paid in respect of such approval, recover the grant so paid.

(6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7), the Ministers may revoke an approval where they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that there has been any fixing or adjustment of the amount of a bid by, under or in accordance with any agreement (whether legally binding or not) or arrangement with another person.

(7) Paragraph 16(3) shall apply to revocation under sub-paragraph (6) as it applies to revocation under paragraph 16.