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Agriculture Act 1967

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41Grants for improvements benefiting hill land.

(1)The appropriate Minister may in accordance with a scheme make grants towards the cost of improvements for the benefit of hill land (defining " hill land " in the scheme).

(2)The descriptions of improvements in respect of which grant may be paid shall be such as the appropriate Minister may prescribe in the scheme as being in his opinion improvements which will improve the productivity of hill land used for agriculture.

(3)A grant under this section may be by way of supplement to any grant or contribution payable in respect of the improvement in question under any enactment other than this section, and a scheme under this section may provide for the grant by way of supplement being subject to all or any of the restrictions, conditions and other incidental and supplemental provisions (including penalties) applying to the other grant or contribution.

(4)The duration of a scheme under this section shall be a period not exceeding five years, but that period may from time to time be extended by subsequent schemes for periods not exceeding five years.

(5)A scheme under this section shall provide for grant in respect of any expenditure being payable by reference to proposals which have been submitted to and approved by the appropriate Minister, and the approval—

(a)may be given before or, in such classes of cases as the appropriate Minister may direct, after the carrying out of the proposals,

(b)may be made subject to such conditions as the appropriate Minister may specify, and in particular subject to any condition as to the time within which the proposals are to be carried out,

(c)may be varied or withdrawn by the appropriate Minister with the applicant's written consent.

(6)Grants under this section shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

(7)Sections 35, 36 and 37 of this Act shall apply in relation to this section as they apply in relation to section 26 of this Act.

(8)This section extends to Northern Ireland.

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