Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1960
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1960/930 |
| Year | 1960 |
1960 No. 930
The Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 196025thMay 1960
31stMay 1960
7thJune 1960
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by section one 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, 1960, shall apply throughout the United Kingdom and shall come into operation on the 7th day of June, 1960.
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:—
"approved" means approved by the Minister;
"the 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;
"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 column 1 of Part I of the First Schedule to these regulations which is carried out in accordance with the requirements set out as respects that work in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule.
(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.
(a) 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 31.
(b) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
3.—(1) For the purposes of the payment of improvement grants under the Hill Farming and Livestock Rearing Acts, 1946 to 1959(a), the cost of any work carried out in accordance with an authority to start work given by the Minister after the commencement of 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 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.
(2) The Livestock Rearing Land Improvement Grants (Standard Costs) Regulations, 1959(b), shall not have effect as respects any work falling within paragraph (1) of this regulation.
4. 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 twentieth day of May, 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 twenty-third day of May, nineteen hundred and sixty.
John S. Maclay, Secretary of State for Scotland.
(L.S.)
We consent this twenty-fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and sixty.
R. Brooman-White, J. D. Gibson-Watt, Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
(a) 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.
(b) S.I. 1959/1556 (1959 I, p. 168).
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.
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
BUILDINGS £ s. d
1. Totally enclosed general The building shall have a Per square foot of floor area
purpose building of tradi- minimum width of 15′ 0″. (a) where the height between
tional construction. Adequate doors, windows floor and and eaves is
and roof lights shall be less than 12′ 0″ but
provided in accordance not less than 8′ 0″
with the needs of the (i) for the first 1,000
building. 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 The building shall have a Per square foot of floor area
purpose building of framed minimum width of 15′ 0″. (a) where the height between
construction. Adequate doors, windows floor and eaves is less
and roof lights shall be than 12′ 0″ but not less
provided in accordance than 8′ 0″
with the needs of the (i) for the first 1,000
building. 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 Per square foot of floor area
traditional construction. minimum width of 18′ 0″ (a) for the first 1,000
and aminimum clear square feet … … … 10 0
height of 8′ 0″ at the (b) for the next 2,000 square
open front. Adequate feet … … … … … 8 0
natural lighting shall (c) for the next 2,000 square
be provided in feet … … … … … 7 6
accordance with the (d) thereafter … … … 6 6
needs of the building
4. Dutch barn or covered (a) Where the frame
part of cattle yard or includes stanchions Per square foot of floor area
implement shed of, in of— (a) if stanchions are of round
each case, framed (i) rolled steel wood
construction (excluding joists, the (i) with 2 rows of
foundations). stanchions stanchions … 4 9
shall be— (ii) with 1 row of
(a) not less stanchions … 4 3
than 6′ (b) if stanchions are of any
× 3″ in other approved type
the case (i) with 2 rows of
of a stanchions … 5 3
buildings (ii) with 1 row of
with a stanchions … 4 9
span not plus for each square foot of
exceeding floor area in relation to one
21′ 0″ building
and a (i) not in excess of
height the first 1,000
not square feet … 9
exceeding (ii) exceeding 1,000
16′ 0″ to and not exceeding
the eaves; 2,500 square feet 6
(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
exceeding
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) 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. Cowhouse. (a) The building shall Per cow
be of traditional (a) with feeding passage
or framed (i) for the first 12
construction and cows … … … 57 15 0
shall have a (ii) for the next 12
minimum height of cows … … … 43 10 0
8′ 0″ tothe eaves. (iii) thereafter … … 40 10 0
(b) Adequate doors, (b) without...To continue reading
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