SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Subsidies provided by primary legislation

I1I26Application of principles

1

Chapter 1 of Part 2 (application of principles) applies to subsidies provided by means of devolved primary legislation as it applies to subsidies given by public authorities.

2

For this purpose—

a

references in that Chapter to a public authority are to be taken as references to the devolved legislature in relation to the devolved primary legislation concerned;

b

in subsidy proceedings before the appropriate court in connection with this paragraph, the requirements imposed by that Chapter on public authorities to consider and form a view are to be assessed by reference to the considerations and views of the promoter of the proposed devolved primary legislation.