The Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Scheme 1988

Paragraphs 4(1) and 8(1)

SCHEDULE ELIGIBLE OPERATIONS AND AMOUNTS OF GRANT PAYABLE

1.  Subject to the provisions of this Schedule and of paragraph 7 of this Scheme, the amount of any grant payable under this Scheme towards the approved cost of any operation specified in column 1 of this Schedule shall not exceed a sum equal to the percentage of that cost specified in relation to that operation in column 2 of this Schedule.

Column 1	Column 2
OPERATION	PERCENTAGE OF APPROVED COST
1. Erection or improvement of agricultural buildings and associated works.	50%
2. Improvement of land by reclamation, regeneration, re-seeding, laying down to permanent pasture or reconditioning.	70%
3. Formation or improvement of access tracks to land improvement areas.	70%
4. Field drainage including under drainage, hill drainage and ditching.	65%
5. Arterial drainage.	65%
6. Bracken control.	60%
7. Provision or improvement of silos (excluding grain silos).	60%
8. Provision or improvement of facilities for the sheltering and/or feeding of out-wintered livestock.	60%
9. Provision or improvement of equipment for the handling and treatment of livestock.	60%
10. Provision of fences hedges, walls, gates, or cattle-grids.	55%
11. Planting of shelter belts.	85%
12. Provision or improvement of water supplies.	60%
13. Provision or improvement of a mains electricity connection or supply.	50%
14. Supply and installation of an electricity generator.	50%
15. Provision of a gas supply.	50%
16. Provision of electrical equipment.	60%
17. Provision or improvement of roads, bridges, culverts or boat slips.	60%

2.  The amount of any grant payable under this Scheme towards the approved cost of carrying out any operation which is incidental to the carrying out of an operation of any kind specified in this Schedule or necessary or proper in the carrying out of that operation or for securing the full benefit thereof shall be calculated at the rate of grant appropriate to that operation in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule.

3.  In such cases and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine, the amount of any cost towards which grant is payable under this Scheme shall, if the applicant so elects, be taken for the purpose of determining the amount of the grant as such standard amount as the Secretary of State may from time to time fix with the approval of Treasury.