(1)Where a motion made in either House of Parliament on behalf of Her Majesty's Government for the approval of a scheme the draft of which has been laid before that House in accordance with subsection (7) of section two of this Act is negatived or withdrawn, there shall be paid out of the appropriate agricultural marketing fund to the persons by whom the scheme was submitted such sum, if any, as may be certified by the Minister to represent the expenses reasonably incurred by those persons in connection with the promotion or submission of the scheme, and the amount of any sum paid out of a fund in accordance with this section shall be written off the account of the assets of that fund.
(2)In this section " the appropriate agricultural marketing fund " means—
(a)in relation to a scheme applicable only in England and Wales, only in England, or only in Wales, the Agricultural Marketing Fund;
(b)in relation to a scheme applicable only in Scotland, the Agricultural Marketing (Scotland) Fund ;
(c)in relation to a scheme applicable in England or Wales and also in Scotland, or in both England and Wales and also in Scotland, the Agricultural Marketing Fund and the Agricultural Marketing (Scotland) Fund ;
and where any sum is required under this section to be paid out of both the said funds, it shall be paid thereout in such proportions respectively as may be determined by the Minister.