Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963

11 Grassland renovation grants

(1) The appropriate Minister may from time to time by a scheme made with the approval of the Treasury make provision for the payment of grants, to be known as grassland renovation grants, in respect of land under grass which is renovated by means of such operations as may be specified in the scheme.

(2) A scheme under this section—

(a) shall specify the rates of the grants by reference to the area of the land in respect of which the grants are made; and

(b) may provide for defining or limiting the kinds of land under grass in respect of which the grants are to be made, and shall require the land to have been continuously under grass for a minimum period specified in the scheme before the carrying out of the operations ; and

(c) shall restrict the payment of grants to cases where the operations, before being carried out, are approved by the appropriate Minister in pursuance of applications made in such manner as he may direct; and

(d) shall specify the period, which shall not exceed three years, within which the applications must be made; and

(e) may make different provision in relation to different operations.

(3) References in this section to land under grass include references to any grazing land and, in particular, to land under clover, lucerne or sainfoin or mixtures of clover, lucerne or sainfoin with grass, but this provision shall be without prejudice to any definition or limitation contained in a scheme under this section.