Fishing Vessels (Grants) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967

Fishing Vessels (Grants) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 F1

1967 CHAPTER 8

An Act to make provision for financial aid towards expenditure in relation to fishing vessels and for purposes connected therewith.

[23rd May 1967]

F1 Certain functions transf. by SR 1999/481

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with art. 9(2))

1 Grants in relation to fishing vessels. N.I.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Ministry of Agriculture may, in accordance with a scheme made by that Ministry with the approval of the Ministry of Finance, make out of moneys provided by Parliament to any person carrying on or proposing to carry on a business in the fishing industry in Northern Ireland a grant towards so much of the expenditure incurred by that person—

(a) in providing a fishing vessel; or

(b) in providing an engine for a fishing vessel; or

(c) in improving a sea fishing vessel;

for use for the purposes of that business as may be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture in pursuance of the scheme.

(2) [F2 Subject to subsection (2A),] no grant shall be made in pursuance of a scheme under this Act in respect of expenditure incurred in providing any vessel, engine, part, equipment or apparatus which appears to the Ministry of Agriculture to be second-hand.

• [F3 (2A) A grant may be made in pursuance of a scheme under this Act in respect of that part of the expenditure (approved as mentioned in subsection (1)), incurred in providing a second-hand vessel, which is attributable to any liability to repay—

  (a)

  a grant under this Act or any other statutory provision; or

  (b)

  a grant under the law of any other part of the United Kingdom;

• in respect of the vessel or any engine, part, equipment or apparatus therein.]

(3) A schemeF4 made under this Act—

(a) may provide for—

(i) repayment of grant in specified circumstances;

(ii) the imposition of penalties in respect of contraventions of provisions of the scheme;

Para.(b) rep. by 1979 NI 12

(c) shall be subject to affirmative resolution.

F2 1972 c.4 (NI)

F3 1972 c.4 (NI)

F4 1979 NI 12

2 Interpretation and short title. N.I.

(1) In this Act—

• “fishing vessel” means a vessel which is provided for use in catching fish and is primarily so used;

• “improving” in relation to a fishing vessel includes the acquisition, installation, modification, renewal or replacement of any part of such a vessel or of any relevant equipment required for or installed or used on such a vessel.

• [F5 “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] .]

(2) This Act may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Grants) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

F5 1972 c.4 (NI)