
1 
This Scheme may be cited as the Agriculture and Horticulture Grant (Variation) Scheme 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1983.
2 
The Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme 1980, as varied, shall be further varied in accordance with the following paragraphs.
3 
Immediately after paragraph 5 thereof (restrictions on payment of grant) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—“


5A 
The appropriate Minister shall not pay grant under paragraph 3(1) in relation to any expenditure incurred in replacing apple orchards or pear orchards to the extent that such expenditure was incurred before 8th November 1982.”
4 
Immediately after the entries numbered 13 in the Schedule thereto (eligible works, facilities and transactions and rates of grant) there shall be inserted the following entries in Columns 1, 2, 3 and 4 of that Schedule:—“

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13A. Replacement of apple orchards (other than apple orchards consisting of trees producing cider apples) which have been grubbed up after 7th November 1982 by an equal or smaller area of apple orchards consisting of—(i) the varieties of apple trees known as Cox's Orange Pippin apple, Bramley's Seedling apple or Spartan apple;(ii) any other named varieties of apple trees required for pollination (other than varieties producing cider apples) not exceeding in total one third of the number of trees of the varieties specified in sub-paragraph (i);(iii) any species of crab apple tree and any hybrid varieties of crab apple tree required for pollination. 22.5 22.5 22.5
13B. Replacement of pear orchards (other than pear orchards consisting of trees producing perry pears) which have been grubbed up after 7th November 1982 by an equal or smaller area of pear orchards consisting of—(i) the varieties of pear trees known as Conference pear or Doyenne du Comice pear;(ii) any other named varieties of pear trees required for pollination (other than varieties producing perry pears) not exceeding in total one third of the number of trees of the varieties specified in sub-paragraph (i) 22.5 22.5 22.5
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In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 25th February 1983.
Peter Walker
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
24th February 1983Wyn Roberts
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
1st March 1983We approve.
Donald Thompson
J.A. Cope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
1st March 1983