Livestock Rearing Act 1951

4 Special provisions as to improvement grants for provision of certain cattle-grids

(1) Where—

(a) a scheme approved under section one of the principal Act provides (either as originally approved or as varied under any of the provisions of that Act in that behalf) for the provision by the appropriate authority in pursuance of the Highways (Provision of Cattle-Grids) Act, 1950, of a cattle-grid; and

(b) an agreement under section ten of the said Act of 1950 is entered into by the appropriate authority with a person for the making by him to that authority of a contribution towards all or any of the expenditure to be incurred by that authority in connection with the installation of the cattle-grid;

no payment shall be made to the appropriate authority by way of an improvement grant under the principal Act in respect of the cost of any work done by them for a purpose connected with the installation of the cattle-grid, notwithstanding the fact that they are specified in the scheme as the person responsible for doing the work required for that purpose or any item of that work, but an improvement grant under that Act in respect of the cost of any work done for that purpose by the appropriate authority may be made to the person with whom that authority made the agreement, so, however, that the amount of the grant shall, instead of being one half of the cost of that work so far as approved by the appropriate Minister as having been reasonably incurred, be one half of the amount payable by that person under the agreement.

(2) Where, by virtue of the foregoing subsection, an improvement grant in respect of the cost of work done for any purpose connected with the installation of a cattle-grid has been paid to a person, and the amount paid by him to the appropriate authority or any part of that amount, becomes repayable, a sum equal to one half of that amount or that part thereof, as the case may be, shall become payable by that person to the Minister who made the grant and may be recovered by that Minister as a simple contract debt.

(3) In this section—

(a) the expression " appropriate authority " has the same meaning as in the Highways (Provision of Cattle-Grids) Act, 1950; and

(b) the expression " cattle-grid " means a grid designed or adapted to prevent the passage of sheep or cattle, and includes any fence or other works necessary for securing the efficient operation of the grid.