Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1964
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1964/967 |
1964 No. 967
HORTICULTURE
The Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 196425thJune 1964
30thJune 1964
1stJuly 1964
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 3 and 6 of the Horticulture Act 1960(a) (including the powers conferred upon them by the said section 3 as applied by section 3(2) of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964(b), 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 of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following regulations:—
1. These regulations may be cited as the Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1964; and shall come into operation on 1st July 1964.
2. The Horticultural Improvements (Standard Costs) Regulations 1963(c) shall be amended as follows:—
(a) by inserting in regulation 2(1) thereof after the words "the Horticulture Act 1960" in the definition of "operation" the words "or, in the case of operation 70A, falling within section 3(1) of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964,";
(b) by adding at the end of regulation 2(4) thereof the following proviso:—
"Provided that these regulations shall cease to have effect on and after 1st July 1964 in respect of operations 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26, 48, 54 and 70 except to the extent that they are included in proposals approved before that date.";
(c) by substituting in sub-paragraph (b) in the second paragraph in Part I of Schedule 1 thereto for the words "operations 6 to 10 inclusive" the words "operations 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10";
(d) by inserting at the appropriate places in the said Part I the operations, requirements and rates set out in the Schedule to these regulations;
(e) by inserting in the first item in column 1 of the Table in Part II of the said Schedule 1, immediately after the word "store,", the words "mushroom house (conventional design), rhubarb shed (conventional design), wall insulation of mushroom house or rhubarb shed of conventional design, insulation of mushroom house or rhubarb shed with curved or cranked roof sheeting,";
(a) 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 22.
(b) 1964 c. 28.
(c) S.I. 1963/1292 (1963 II, p. 2211).
(f) by adding at the end of the third item in the said column 1 the words", mushroom house or rhubarb shed with curved or cranked roof sheeting";
(g) by substituting in paragraph 2 of the said Part II for the numbers "1, 2, 3, or 5" the numbers "1, 2, 3, 5, 5A, 5B or 5C";
(h) by substituting for paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 thereto the following paragraph:—
"1. All materials used in any part of an operation shall be of good quality and in a suitable condition: and no such materials shall have been previously used, except any of the following materials used in accordance with these regulations, namely—
(a) approved railway sleepers, in the carrying out of operation 7, 7A, 7B, 8 or 8A;
(b) brick, stone, ungraded materials or other approved material, in the carrying out of operation 18, 23, 46, 56, 57 or 64; and
(c) approved materials from any dismantled glasshouse, in the carrying out of operation 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 9A, 9B, 10A or 10B.
There may be used in substitution for any material specified in these regulations any other material approved as being equally effective for its purpose, being material which has not been previously used.";
(j) by substituting for the final sentence in paragraph 2(e) of the said Schedule 2 the following sentence "In the case of a glasshouse a damp-proof course shall not be necessary, but if none is provided a suitable protective layer shall be inserted to prevent contact between any timber and the wall.";
(k) by substituting for the final sentence in paragraph 2(h) of the said Schedule the following sentence "The thickness of concrete shall be not less than 4′ except that in glasshouses concrete used for the floors of borders or for footpaths shall be not less than 3′ thick.".
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 24th June 1964.
Christopher Soames, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
(L.S.)
Edward Heath, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
24th June 1964.
Approved.
Ian MacArthur, Martin McLaren, Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
25th June 1964.
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