Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) Scheme 1967
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1967 No. 372
SEA FISHERIES
BOATS AND METHODS OF FISHING
The Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) Scheme 19678thFebruary 1967
15thFebruary 1967
16thMarch 1967
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Scotland, being the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1 and 6 of the White Fish and Herring Industries Act 1953(a), as amended by sections 1 and 5 of the White Fish and Herring Industries Act 1957(b), section 3 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1959(c), sections 3 and 37 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1962(d) and section 28 of the Industrial Development Act 1966(e), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury and after consultation with the White Fish Authority and the Herring Industry Board, hereby make the following scheme:—
Citation, Extent and Commencement
1. This scheme, which may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) Scheme 1967, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into operation seven days after it has been approved by both Houses of Parliament.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires—
"the appropriate authority" means—
(a) in relation to a grant in respect of expenditure incurred in the acquisition of a vessel intended to be engaged in the catching or processing of white fish or in respect of expenditure incurred in an improvement of or for a vessel so engaged or intended to be so engaged, the White Fish Authority and
(a) 1953 c. 17.
(b) 1957 c. 22.
(c) 1959 c. 7.
(d) 1962 c. 31.
(e) 1966 c. 34.
(b) in relation to a grant in respect of expenditure incurred in the acquisition of a vessel intended to be engaged in the catching or processing of herring or in respect of expenditure incurred in an improvement of or for a vessel so engaged or intended to be so engaged, the Herring Industry Board;
"the control period" has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 16(2) of this scheme;
"improvement" has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 4(1)(b) of this scheme;
"length", in relation to a vessel, means its length as calculated for the purposes of registration under the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1964;
"the Ministers" means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland;
"processing", in relation to fish, includes preserving or preparing fish, or producing any substance or article from fish, by any method for human or animal consumption;
"a relevant activity" means one of the following activities, that is to say, the catching or processing of white fish or herring;
"relevant equipment" means equipment or apparatus of any description constructed or adapted for the purposes of the catching or processing of white fish or herring;
"white fish" means fish of any kind found in the sea except herring, salmon and migratory trout.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(a) shall apply for the interpretation of this scheme as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of Previous Schemes
3.—(1) Where a grant has been paid or is to be paid under the White Fish Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) Scheme 1962(b), as amended by the White Fish Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) (Amendment) Scheme 1964(c), the White Fish Industry (Grants for Improvement of Fishing Vessels) Scheme 1964(d) or the Herring Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) Scheme 1962(e) in respect of expenditure consisting of payments made on or after 17th January 1966—
(a) paragraphs 9(1), (2) and (3) of the White Fish Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) Scheme 1962, as substituted by the White Fish Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) (Amendment) Scheme 1964, paragraph 6(1) of the White Fish Industry (Grants for Improvement of Fishing Vessels) Scheme 1964 and paragraphs 10(1) and (2) of the Herring Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) Scheme 1962 shall no longer apply;
(b) the amount which may be paid in pursuance of any one of the aforesaid schemes by way of grant shall, where the vessel in question is less than 80 feet in length, be at the rate of two-fifths, and in any other case at the rate of seven-twentieths, of the said expenditure; and
(c) in a case where a payment by way of grant has been made before the coming into operation of this scheme in pursuance of any one of the aforesaid schemes and was duly calculated in accordance with one of
(a) 1889 c. 63.
(b) 1962/1586 (1962 II, p. 1830).
(c) 1964/321 (1964 I, p. 522).
(d) 1964/1173 (1964 II, p. 2680).
(e) 1962/1616 (1962 II, p. 1892).
the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph a further payment may be made to the person entitled, being such a sum as will represent the difference between the amount so paid as aforesaid and the amount of the grant which would be payable in the like circumstances in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 4(2) of the White Fish Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) Scheme 1962, paragraph 3(2) of the White Fish Industry (Grants for Improvement of Fishing Vessels) Scheme 1964 or paragraph 4(2) of the Herring Industry (Grants for Fishing Vessels and Engines) Scheme 1962, a grant shall not be made under any of those...
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