The Land Management Contracts (Menu Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Determination of applications for aid

9.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may approve (in whole or in part) or may reject an application for aid made under regulation 3, and in determining whether an application should be so approved or rejected, they shall have regard to–

(a) the environmental benefits expected to be derived from the carrying out of the activities described in the application;

(b) the aid likely to be required and how that value compares with other applications; and

(c) the value for money which the undertaking represents having regard to sub paragraphs (a) and (b).

(2) Approval of an application may be subject to such conditions as the Scottish Ministers think fit.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may vary an approval of an application for aid as they think fit including any conditions subject to which it was given.

(4) Before varying an approval or amending conditions attached to an approval in accordance with paragraph (3), the Scottish Ministers shall–

(a) give to the person to whom the approval has been granted written notification of the action proposed to be taken;

(b) give that person an opportunity to make representations about the action proposed to be taken within such time and in such form as the Scottish Ministers may require; and

(c) consider any such representations.