
1 

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Farm and Conservation Grant (Variation) Scheme 1996 and shall come into force on 19th February 1996.
(2) This Scheme shall apply to England and Wales.
2 
The Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme 1989 shall be further varied in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 below.
3 
In paragraph 7(1) (closing dates for claims and incurring certain expenditure), after the words “subject to”, there shall be inserted the words “paragraphs (1A) and”.
4 
After paragraph 7(1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs:—“
(1A) Subject to paragraphs (1B) and (2) below, the appropriate Minister shall not, in relation to an agricultural business in Wales, pay any grant under this Scheme unless the claim for grant is received by him on or before 18th February 1998.
(1B) Sub-paragraph (1A) above shall not apply to a claim for grant made in relation to any work, facility or transaction of a kind specified in paragraph 1(b) or (c) in column 1 of Schedule 1.”.
Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
31st January 1996Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
24th January 1996We approve,
Simon Burns
Bowen Wells
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th February 1996