Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1959
1959 No. 1556
The Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 19593rdSeptember 1959
10thSeptember 1959
17thSeptember 1959
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by section 1 of the Agricultural Improvement Grants Act, 1959(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following regulations :—
1. These regulations which may be cited as the Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1959, shall apply throughout the United Kingdom, and shall come into operation on the 17th day of September, 1959.
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—
" approved " means approved by the Minister;
"the Minister" means, in relation to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State;
" of framed construction " means, in relation to a building, constructed in such a manner that the roof is supported on stanchions, pillars or posts independently of the walls;
" of traditional construction" means, in relation to a building, constructed in such a manner that the roof is supported on load-bearing walls;
" work " means a work of a description specified in the first column of Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations.
(2) In these regulations, any work referred to by a number means the work so numbered in Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations; and, in relation to such a work, "requirements" means the requirements there set out as respects that work.
(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3.—(1) Where—
(a) any operation which may be treated as an improvement for the purposes of the payment of improvement grants under the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts, 1946 to 1959(c) is begun after the coming into operation of these regulations, and
(b) any work comprised in the operation is carried out in accordance with the requirements set out as respects that work in the second column of Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations,
(a) 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 31.
(b) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(c) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73, 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 18, 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 23, 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 72, 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 31.
the cost of the work for the purpose of paying such grant shall, if the applicant for a grant so elects, be taken to be an amount calculated at the appropriate rate or rates specified in respect of that work in the third column of the aforesaid Part I:
Provided that the amount so calculated shall, in any of the circumstances referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to these regulations, be varied in accordance with the provisions there set out relating to the circumstances.
(2) Where any building or any material used in connection with any work is a building of a type or material of a kind referred to in the Second Schedule to these regulations, the building or material, as the case may be, shall conform to the general conditions therein set out in respect of such building or material.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed this twenty-second day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
John Hare, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
(L.S.)
Given under the Seal of the Secretary of State this twenty-fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Home, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
(L.S.)
We consent this third day of September, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Martin Redmayne, P. E. O. Bryan, Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
FIRST SCHEDULE
PART I
Where any rate set out in this Part of this Schedule in respect of any work is a rate per unit of measurement, any fraction of a unit shall be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the cost of that work.
Work Requirements Rate Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 BUILDINGS £ s. d 1. Totally enclosed The building shall be of Per square foot of general purpose traditional or framed floor area building construction and shall (a) if of traditional have a minimum width of construction 15′ 0″ and a minimum (i) for the first height of 8′ 0″ between 1,000 square floor level and the eaves. feet 13 3 Adequate doors, windows (ii) for the next and roof lights shall be 2,000 square provided in accordance feet 10 0 with the needs of the (iii) for the next building. 2,000 square feet 8 6 (iv) thereafter 7 0 (b) if of framed construction (incl- uding foundations) (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 12 0 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 0 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 7 0 (iv) thereafter 6 0 2. Open-fronted The building shall have Per square foot of floor building of a minimum width of 18′ area traditional 0′ and a minimum clear (a) for the first construction height of 8′ 0″ at the 1,000 square open front. Adequate feet 10 0 natural lighting and (b) for the next outlet ventilation shall 2,000 square be provided in accor- feet 8 0 dance with the needs of (c) for the next the building. 2,000 square feet 7 6 (d) thereafter 6 6 3. Cowhouse (a) The building shall Per cow be of traditional (a) with feeding or framed constr- passage uction. Brick, (i) for the first concrete or 12 cows 57 0 0 tubular steel stall (ii) for the next divisions and 12 cows 43 0 0 concrete or (iii) thereafter 40 0 0 stoneware mangers shall be provided as necessary (b) The building shall (b) without feeding have a minimum height passage of 8′ 0″ to the (i) for the first eaves, and adequate 12 cows 51 0 0 doors, windows and (ii) for the next roof lights shall 12 cows 37 0 0 be provided in (iii) thereafter 34 0 0 accordance with the needs of the building. An adequate water supply, with all necessary equiment, shall be provided and adequate arrangements made for the disposal of floor drainage to a suitable outfall 4. Dutch barn or (a) Where the frame in- Per square foot of floor covered part of cludes stanchions of— area cattle yard or (i) rolled steel (a) with 2 rows of implement shed joists, the stanchions 5 3 of, in each stanchions shall (b) with 1 row of case, framed be— stanchions 4 9 construction (a) not less Plus for each square foot (excluding than 6′ × 3″ in of floor area foundations) the case of a (a) not in excess of building with a the first 1,000 span not excee- square feet 9 ding 21′ 0″ and (b) exceeding 1,000 a height not and not exceeding exceeding 16′ 2,500 square feet 6 0′ to the eaves (b) not less than 7′ × 4″ in the case of a building with a span exceeding 21′ 0′ and a height exceeding 16′ 0′ but not exceeding 18′ 0″ to the eaves (c) not less than 8′ × 4″ in the case of a building with a span excee- ding 21′ 0″ and a height exceeding 18′ 0″ to the eaves. (ii) tubular steel, the frame shall be constructed in accordance with an approved design. (iii) timber, the frame shall be constructed of sound sawn timber in accordance with an approved design or, in approved cases, of round timber. (iv) precast reinforced concrete, the frame shall be constructed in accordance with an approved design. (b) The frame may be constructed partly of one and partly of another of the aforementioned materials in accordance with an approved design. (c) Roof principals and purlins shall be included in the design and shall be of steel, concrete, timber or aluminium alloy spaced at distances appropriate to the roof covering material used. (d) The gable ends shall be sheeted down to eaves level with galvanised corrugated steel, corrugated asbestos cement or other approved material. FOUNDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS OF FRAMED CONSTRUCTION 5. Foundations for The foundations shall be Per upright 3 15 0 stanchions of constructed as specified steel, concrete in British Standard 1754: or aluminium 1951. alloy 6. Foundations for The foundations shall be Per upright timber stanchions of concrete and of (a) with steel channels 5 0 0 erected on dimensions below ground (b) with concrete spur concrete as specified in British or spurs 3 15 0 Standard 1754: 1951. The timber stanchions shall not be embedded in the concrete but shall...
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