Agricultural and Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations 1968
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1968/282 |
| Year | 1968 |
1968 No. 282
AGRICULTURE
HORTICULTURE
The Agricultural and Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations 196828thFebruary 1968
13thMarch 1968
14thMarch 1968
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 36 of the Agriculture Act 1967(a) (including the powers conferred upon them by the said section 36 as applied by section 41(7) of the said Act), sections 3 and 6 of the Horticulture Act 1960(b) (including the powers conferred upon them by the said section 3 as applied by section 3(2) of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964(c), which latter section is by virtue of section 8 of that Act to be construed as one with Part I of the Horticulture Act 1960) and section 1 of the Agricultural Improvement Grants Act 1959(d) and, as respects works for the supply of water, the said Ministers acting severally in exercise of the powers conferred upon each by subsections (3) and (4) of the said section 1, and also acting jointly and severally in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent and approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following regulations:—
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Agricultural and Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations 1968; and shall come into operation on 14th March 1968.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph, these regulations shall apply throughout the United Kingdom.
(3) Such of the provisions of these regulations as relate to grants under section 15 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940(e) shall apply only to England and Wales and such of the said provisions as relate to grants under section 16 of the Agriculture Act 1937(f) shall apply only to Scotland.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
"appropriate Minister" means, in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State;
(a) 1967 c. 22.
(b) 1960 c. 22.
(c) 1964 c. 28.
(d) 1959 c. 31.
(e) 1940 c. 14.
(f) 1937 c. 70.
"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;
"work" means a work or operation of a description specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations which is carried out in accordance with—
(a) the requirements set out in relation to that work or operation in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule, and
(b) such of the general specifications set out in Schedule 3 to these regulations as relate to that work or operation or the materials used in carrying it out.
(2) In these regulations, any work referred to by a number means the work so numbered in Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations; and in relation to any such work, "requirements" means the requirements there set out in relation to that work.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(a) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(4) Any reference in these regulations to any enactment shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment.
(5) These regulations shall have effect only as respects—
(a) works carried out in accordance with a written authority to start work given by the appropriate Minister after the commencement of these regulations in the case of any grant under section 26, 30 or 41 of the Agriculture Act 1967, section 15 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 or section 16 of the Agriculture Act 1937, or any improvement grant under the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts 1946 to 1959(b), and
(b) works included in proposals which are approved while these regulations are in force in the case of any grant under section 1 of the Horticulture Act 1960 or section 3 of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964,
and the regulations specified in Schedule 4 to these regulations shall not have effect as respects any such works.
Standard costs
3.—(1) Any person eligible for grant under section 26, 30 or 41 of the Agriculture Act 1967, the amount of which depends on the cost of a work or works specified in relation to the respective aforesaid section in Schedule 1 to these regulations, may elect, before the carrying out of the work or works pursuant to a written authority given by the appropriate Minister, to take that cost for the purposes of the grant as being of an amount calculated at the appropriate rate or rates specified in respect of the work or works in column 3 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations.
(2) The standard cost of any work falling within section 1(1) or (2) of the Horticulture Act 1960 or section 3(1) of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 and specified in relation to the respective aforesaid section in
(a) 1889 c. 63.
(b) 1946 c. 73; 1951 c. 18; 1954 c. 23; 1956 c. 72; 1959 c. 31.
Schedule 1 to these regulations shall be an amount calculated at the appropriate rate or rates specified in respect of that work in column 3 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations.
(3) For the purposes of the payment of improvement grants under the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts 1946 to 1959 the cost of any work specified in relation to those Acts in Schedule 1 to these regulations 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 column 3 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations.
(4) For the purposes of the payment of grants under section 15 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 or section 16 of the Agriculture Act 1937 relating in either case to the supply of water, the expenditure incurred in carrying out any work specified in relation to the respective aforesaid section in Schedule 1 to these regulations shall, if the applicant for a grant so elects before the carrying out of the work pursuant to a written authority given by the appropriate Minister, be taken to be expenditure of an amount calculated at the appropriate rate or rates specified in respect of that work in column 3 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these regulations.
(5) Any amount calculated in accordance with any of the foregoing paragraphs of this regulation shall, in any of the circumstances referred to in Part II of Schedule 2 to these regulations, be varied in accordance with the provisions there set out relating to the circumstances.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 26th February 1968.
Frederick Peart, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
(L.S.)
Given under the Seal of the Secretary of State for Scotland on 27th February 1968.
William Ross, Secretary of State for Scotland.
(L.S.)
We consent and approve.
E. Alan Fitch, B. K. O'Malley, Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
28th February 1968.
Regulation 3
SCHEDULE 1
GRANTS AND THE WORKS FOR WHICH STANDARD COSTS ARE SPECIFIED IN RELATION TO EACH GRANT
Grant Work numbers
Grant under ssection 26 of the Agriculture Act
1967 … … … … … … … … … 1–10,28–53 and 59–101
Grant under section 30 of the Agriculture Act 1–10, 28–53, 59–70, 72–101
1967 … … … … … … … … … 105 and 107
Grant under section 41 of the Agriculture Act 10, 33–35,44, 63–71, 83–101
1967 … … … … … … … … … 104 and 106
Grant under section 1 of the Horticulture Act 1–5, 11–27, 30–38, 40–48,
1960 … … … … … … … … … 52–70, 72–86 and 91–103.
Grant under ssection 3 of the Agriculture and
Horticulture Act 1964 … … … … … 103.
Improvement grant under the Hill Farming
and Livestock Rearing Acts 1946 to 1959 … 1–5, 8, 10, 28–53, 59–101,
104 and 106.
Grant under ssection 15 of the Agriculture
(Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act 1940 … 33–35, 63–71 and 93.
Grant under ssection 16 of the Agriculture Act
1937 … … … … … … … … … 33–35, 63–71 and 93.
Regulations 2 and 3
SCHEDULE 2
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.
In this Part of this Schedule the expression "floor area" means—
(a) in relation to work 4, the floor area between the outside edges of the stanchions;
(b) save as aforesaid, in relation to a building, the internal floor area.
Work Requirements Rate
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
£ s. d.
BUILDINGS
1. Totally enclosed general The building shall have a minimum Per square foot of floor area
purpose building of internal width of 15′0″.
traditional construction Adequate doors, windows, roof (a) where the height between
(excluding floor). lights and ventilation shall be floor and eaves is less than
provided in accordance with the 12′ 0″ but not less than
needs of the building. 8′ 0″
(i) for the first
1,000 square feet … 17 9
(ii) for the next
2,000 square feet … 13 0
(iii) for the next
2,000 square feet … 11 1
(iv) thereafter … 9 3
(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 … 1 1 1
(ii) for the next
2,000 square feet … 14 5
(iii) for the next
2,000 square feet … 11 10
(iv) thereafter … … 11 1
(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 … 1 3 3
(ii) for the next
2,000 square feet … 14 11
(iii) for the next
2,000 square feet … 12 6
(iv) thereafter … … 12 1...To continue reading
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