Sea Fishing (Transitional Support) (Scotland) (No. 2) Scheme 2003 (S.S.I. No. 116 of 2003).

This Scheme provides for the making of grants by the Scottish Ministers, in respect of the expenses of certain vessels engaged in sea fishing. Applications for grant will be considered in respect of vessels meeting the requirements set out in paragraph 3 of the Scheme. These include a requirement that to be eligible a vessel must be a Scottish based vessel and be at least 10 metres in overall length. The Scottish Ministers may specify other eligibility criteria in a notice (paragraph 3). The Scheme lays down a procedure for the making, consideration and approval of applications (paragraphs 4 to 6). The Scottish Ministers can determine conditions to which an approval is subject (paragraph 6(2) and (3)). The Scheme makes provision in relation to the rate and method of payment of grant (paragraphs 7 and 8). Applicants are required, on request, to give assistance to authorized officers of the Scottish Ministers, who are given powers of entry and inspection for specified purposes (paragraphs 9 and 10), and provision is made for the reduction, withholding and recovery of grant in certain circumstances and for the payment of interest on grant recovered (paragraphs 11 and 12). The Scheme amends the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (Scotland) Scheme 2003 to provide that any grant to be paid in respect of a vessel under that Scheme will be reduced by the amount of any grant paid in respect of that vessel under this Scheme (paragraph 13).