Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1960
Year | 1960 |
1960 No. 736
The Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations, 196014thApril 1960
22ndApril 1960
2ndMay 1960
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections three and six of the Horticulture Act, 1960(a), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following regulations:—
1. These regulations, which may be cited as the Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1960, shall apply throughout the United Kingdom and shall come into operation on the 2nd day of May, 1960.
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:—
"appropriate Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England or Wales or Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland;
"approved" means approved by the appropriate Minister;
"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;
"operation" means an operation falling within subsection (1) or (2) of section one of the Horticulture Act, 1960, which is of a description specified in column 1 of Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations and which is carried out in accordance with the requirements set out in relation thereto in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule.
(2) In these regulations, any operation referred to by a number means the operation so numbered in Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations; and, in relation to any such operation, "requirements" means the requirements there set out in relation to that operation.
(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) The standard cost of any operation shall be an amount calculated at the appropriate rate or rates specified in respect of that operation in column 3 of Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations:
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
(a) 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 22.
(b) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(2) Where any building or any material used in connection with any operation 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 thirteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty.
John Hare, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
(L.S.)
Given under the Seal of the Secretary of State for Scotland this thirteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty.
John S. Maclay, Secretary of State for Scotland.
(L.S.)
Approved this fourteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty.
R. Brooman-White, Michael Hughes-Young, 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 operation is a rate per unit of measurement, any fraction of a unit shall be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the cost of that operation.
In this Part of this Schedule the expression ′floor area″ means—
(a) in relation to operation 4, the floor area between the outside edges of the stanchions;
(b) in relation to operations 5 to 9 inclusive, the floor area between the outside edges of the framework;
(c) save as aforesaid, in relation to a building, the internal floor area.
Operation Requirements Rate Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 BUILDINGS £ s. d 1. Totally enclosed general pur- The building shall have a minimum Per square foot of pose building of traditional width of 15′ 0″. Adequate floor area construction. doors, windows and roof lights shall be provided in accordance (a) where the height with the needs of the building. between floor and eaves is less than 12′ 0″ but not less than 8′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 13 6 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 10 0 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 6 (iv) thereafter 7 0 (b) where the height between floor and eaves is less than 14′ 0″ but not less than 12′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 16 3 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 11 0 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 9 0 (iv) thereafter 8 6 (c) where the height between floor and eaves is less than 16′ 0″ but not less than 14′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 17 9 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 11 6 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 9 6 (iv) thereafter 9 3 (d) where the height between floor and eaves is not less than 16′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 19 3 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 12 0 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 9 9 (iv) thereafter 9 6 2. Totally enclosed general pur- The building shall have a minimum pose building of framed con- width of 15′ 0″. Adequate Per square foot of floor struction. doors, windows and roof lights area shall be provided in accordance (a) where the height with the needs of the building. between floor and eaves is less than 12′ 0″ but not less than 8′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 12 3 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 0 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 7 0 (iv) thereafter 6 0 (b) where the height between floor and eaves is less than 14′ 0″ but not less than 12′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 15 3 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 3 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 0 (iv) thereafter 7 6 (c) where the height between floor and eaves is less than 16′ 0″ but not less than 14′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 16 9 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 6 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 3 (iv) thereafter 8 0 (d) where the height between floor and eaves is not less than 16′ 0″ (i) for the first 1,000 square feet 18 3 (ii) for the next 2,000 square feet 9 0 (iii) for the next 2,000 square feet 8 6 (iv) thereafter 8 3 3. Open-fronted building of The building shall have a minimum traditional construction. width of 18′ 0″ and a minimum Per square foot of floor clear height of 8′ 0″ at the open area front. Adequate natural lighting shall be provided in accordance with the needs of the building. (a) for the first 1,000 square feet 10 0 (b) for the next 2000 sequare feet 8 0 (c) for the next 2,000 square feet 7 6 (d) thereafter 6 6 4. Dutch barn or implement (a) Where the frame includes Per square foot of floor area shed of framed construction stanchions of— (excluding foundations). (i) rolled steel joists, the stanchions shall be— (a) with 2 rows of stanchions 5 3 (a) not less than 6′ × 3″ (b) with 1 row of in the case of a building with stanchions 4 9 a span not exceeding 21′ 0″ and plus for each square a height not exceeding 16′ 0″ foot of floor to the eaves; area in relation to one building (b) not less than 7′ × 4″ in the case of a building with (a) not in excess of span exceeding 21′ 0″ and a the first height exceeding 16′ 0″ 1,000 square feet 9 but not exceeding 18′ 0″ to the eaves; (b) exceeding 1,000 and (c) not less than 8′ × 4″ not exceeding 2,500 in the case of a building with square feet 6 span exceeding 21′ 0″ and a height exceeding 18′ 0″ to the eaves (ii) tubular steel, the frame shall be constructed in accor- dance with an approved design (iii) wood, the frame shall be constructed of sound sawn wood in accordance with an approved design or, in approved cases, of round wood (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, wood 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 steel, asbestos cement or other approved material. 5. Static glasshouse glazed The glasshouse shall be of with sheets of unframed approved design and materials and Per square foot of floor glass. shall be erected on brick or area concrete walls with concrete (a) if free-standing and foundations. Glazing bars and with four sides other structural members shall be of wood or other approved material. Wooden glazing (i) for the first 300 bars shall be nailed to purlins square feet 16 0 through the rebates. The glass shall weigh not less than 24 oz. per square foot and shall be (ii) for the next 150 not less than 24′ wide. Doors, square feet 14 0 ventilators and end glazing shall be provided in accordance with the needs of the building. (iii) thereafter 12 0 Eaves shall be fitted with gutters and down pipes. (b) if constructed as a lean-to or with three sides (i) for the first 300 square feet 12 0 (ii) for the next 150 square feet 10 0 (iii) thereafter 9 0 6. Static glasshouse comprising The glasshouse shall be of Per square feet of floor a supporting structure clad approved design and materials. The area with Dutch lights. structure supporting the Dutch lights shall be of wood or (a) if the foundations other approved material. The Dutch are of brick, concrete lights shall be of glass or brick and concrete weighing not less than 24 oz. Per...
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