Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1960
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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...To continue reading
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