(1)A scheme under section 10 or section 11 of this Act may restrict the amounts of grants in any manner and make the payment of grants subject to any conditions, and may, in particular.—
(a)specify a minimum area of land in respect of which grants may be made ;
(b)provide for securing that a grant shall not be made, or shall be restricted in amount, if the appropriate Minister is of opinion that any operation relevant to the payment of the grant has been inefficiently carried out or that adequate facilities for inspection of the land have not been given;
(c)make provision as to the persons to whom grants are to be made;
(d)prohibit or restrict the payment of grants in cases in which payments out of moneys provided by Parliament under any other Act are available in respect of any operation relevant to the payment of the grants.
(2)A scheme under section 10 or section 11 of this Act may prohibit or restrict the payment of grant in respect of land in respect of which such grant as may be specified in the scheme has been made under this or any other Act within such period as may be so specified.
(3)The power to make a scheme under section 10 or section 11 of this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and includes power to vary or revoke such a scheme by a subsequent scheme.
(4)No statutory instrument making, varying or revoking such a scheme shall be made unless a draft thereof has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.