The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (Scotland) Scheme 2001

Eligibility and claims for payment of grant

7.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 16, applicants whose applications have been approved under paragraph 6 shall be eligible for payment of grant in accordance with paragraph 11.

(2) No grant shall be paid to an applicant in respect of any vessel unless–

(a) a claim form in respect of that application, signed by the applicant, has been lodged with the Ministers on or before the appropriate decommissioning date; and

(b) the Ministers are satisfied that the requirements set out in paragraphs 8 and 9 have been complied with.

(3) In this Scheme “the appropriate decommissioning date” means such date as the Ministers may from time to time determine.

(4) The Ministers shall publish a notice specifying the appropriate decommissioning date in such manner as they consider appropriate.

(5) A claim form submitted in pursuance of a notice published under sub-paragraph (4) shall be in writing, shall be made in such form and manner, shall include such information and declarations and shall be delivered to such address as the Ministers may specify in the notice or from time to time require and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) shall include declarations that–

(a) the vessel has been decommissioned in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 8;

(b) all licences and claims to licences have been surrendered in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 9(1)(a); and

(c) the vessel has been removed from the register.

(6) An applicant shall furnish all such further information in support of the claim form as the Ministers may specify in the notice or from time to time require.

(7) The Ministers shall revoke an approval in respect of which no claim has been lodged on or before the appropriate decommissioning date.