PART 2GRANTS IN RESPECT OF OPERATIONS

Conditions of grantI18

1

Upon the payment of a grant the Scottish Ministers shall forthwith cause to be recorded in the Register of Sasines or registered in the Land Register of Scotland a notice in the form set out in Schedule 2, or a form to the like effect, specifying the conditions which, by virtue of regulation 9, apply.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), upon completion of the work to the satisfaction of the Scottish Ministers, they shall make payment of the grant to the applicant or a nominee of the applicant.

3

The Scottish Ministers may make payment of the grant in instalments at such times, either during the progress of the work or after its completion, and subject to such conditions as the Scottish Ministers may specify.

4

Where an instalment of a grant has been paid in accordance with paragraph (3) and the work in respect of which the grant was to be made is not thereafter completed to the satisfaction of the Scottish Ministers or any condition of payment of the instalment of the grant is not complied with, the amount of the instalments paid may be recovered from the applicant in accordance with regulation 10 as if there had been a failure to comply with a condition such as mentioned in that regulation.

5

Where the grant is for part of an operation and the maximum amount of grant has been paid, no further grant will be payable for the same operation.