Part 1: Overview and key interpretation Section 10: Subsidy schemes and streamlined subsidy schemes
Subsections (1) to (3) define what a ‘subsidy scheme’ is.
	Public authorities may carry out a single assessment of the subsidy control requirements for a subsidy scheme with defined parameters and conditions, and thereby award a number of subsidies to different enterprises. This is as opposed to standalone subsidies, where the assessment of the subsidy control requirements must be made on a case-by-case basis.
	The eligibility and delivery of subsidies under schemes will differ. For example, a scheme may invite bids for grants from interested parties that will be assessed on the basis of the strength of their application against set criteria, or it may grant tax incentives to all businesses who meet set eligibility criteria. Examples of schemes include the Covid Financing Scheme or the Retail Grant Scheme. Sections 12 and 13 set out the duties on public authorities to consider the subsidy control principles and the energy and environment principles when establishing a scheme. Schemes may be made for the public authority to grant subsidies itself, or for a primary public authority to facilitate the granting of subsidies by other public authorities. A ‘primary public authority’ is defined as the UK Government, a devolved administration, or any other public authority that makes schemes for the giving of subsidies by other public authorities.
	Subsections (4) to (10) define what a ‘streamlined subsidy scheme’ is (referred to as a ‘streamlined route’ in policy documents). This is a particular kind of subsidy scheme which can be used by any public authority that complies with its parameters. A streamlined subsidy scheme can only be made by the UK Government and must be laid before Parliament after it has been made (or modified). The policy is that streamlined subsidy schemes are intended to allow the UK Government to make provisions to allow lower-risk subsidies to be given by public authorities more quickly and easily, without their needing to assess compliance with the principles or other subsidy control requirements.
	Streamlined subsidy schemes are subject to the negative resolution procedure for a period of 40 days after a new or modified scheme is laid in Parliament. This means that a streamlined subsidy scheme can be annulled by either House of Parliament which resolves not to approve it. In such a case, the scheme no longer has effect from the end of the day on which the resolution is passed.
	Public authorities making subsidy schemes and streamlined subsidy schemes will be able to define the value of subsidies awarded under them by reference to their gross cash amount or gross cash equivalent, as defined in regulations made under section 82
	The difference in effect between an ‘ordinary’ scheme and a streamlined subsidy scheme is that under section 63, a streamlined subsidy scheme cannot be the subject of a voluntary or a mandatory pre-award referral to the CMA.