The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2019

Saving: grants and loans given under section 1 of the 1979 Act before the appointed day

21.—(1) Where paragraph (2) applies, the provisions referred to in paragraph (3) continue to have effect, subject to the modifications referred to in paragraph (4), on and after the appointed day, as they did immediately before that day.

(2) This paragraph applies to a grant or loan made under section 1(1) of the 1979 Act(1) before the appointed day which continues to be paid on or after that day.

(3) The provisions are—

(a) section 41 of the 1967 Act(2), and

(b) section 1 of the 1979 Act.

(4) The modifications are—

(a) section 41 of the 1967 Act is to be read as if subsections (1) to (3A) and (5) to (9) were omitted, and

(b) section 1 of the 1979 Act is to be read as if for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1) The Scottish Ministers may make grants and loans to owners and lessees of land in Scotland for and in connection with the use and management of the land for forestry purposes.”.

(1)

Section 1 was amended by the 1999 Order (S.S.I. 1999/1747), schedule 12(II), paragraph 6(a), by the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Forestry Commissioners) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/746) (“the 2000 Order”), schedule 1, paragraph 8 and by the Crofter Forestry (Scotland) Act 1991 (c.18), section 3(1).

(2)

Section 41 was amended by the 1999 Order (S.S.I. 1999/1747), schedule 12(II), paragraph 4(33)(a) and by the 2000 Order (S.S.I. 2000/746), schedule 1, paragraph 5(2) to (5).