The Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) Scheme 1987

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Scheme unless the context otherwise requires—

“the control period” means

(a) in the case of grant paid in respect of any improvement a period of 3 years commencing with the date on which the improvement was completed to the satisfaction of the Ministers, and

(b) in the case of any other grant paid in respect of or in connection with a vessel, a period of 5 years commencing with the date on which the vessel was first registered in the United Kingdom;

• “improvement” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3(1)(b) of this Scheme;

• “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fish industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;

• “processing”, in relation to sea fish, includes preserving or preparing fish, or producing any substance or article from fish, by any method for human or animal consumption;

• “products”, in relation to sea fish, means anything produced by processing the fish;

• “length”, in relation to a fishing vessel, means length between perpendiculars measured in accordance with Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels(1);

• “relevant equipment” means equipment or apparatus of any description constructed or adapted for the purposes of catching or processing sea fish;

• “West of Scotland” means the region of Dumfries and Galloway, the islands areas of the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland, together with the districts of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh, Lochaber, Argyll and Bute, Cunninghame, Kyle and Carrick.

(2) Any payment of grant made under this Scheme by the Ministers may be made by any of them and any reference in the Scheme to such payment shall be construed accordingly.

(1)

OJ No. L274, 25.9.1986, p.1.