Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1959
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1959/1556 |
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...To continue reading
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