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Amendment of the principal Scheme

11.  In paragraph 15 thereof (recovery of grant)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted after the words “civil debt” the words “, or in Scotland as a debt,”;

(b)there shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (1) the following sub-paragraph—

(1A) The Ministers may recover as a civil debt, or in Scotland as a debt, from any person who receives grant under paragraph 3(1)(a) of this Scheme a sum equivalent to the whole or any part of the grant paid to that person if the Commission has decided under Article 44 of the Council Regulation to suspend, reduce or discontinue Community aid or to recover any sums paid.;

(c)in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there shall be inserted after the word “acquisition” the words “or construction”.