Phillips MD / Serjeantson Legal Reminders for Architects

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7828-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Web PDF

Legal Reminders for Architects provides a basic introduction to the range of legislation which encompasses all planning and building work in England and Wales. The book contains a summary of each law that may affect an architect, and where appropriate, suggestions for a suitable procedure to follow. It also explains less well known terms in planning, building, and employment. The text is organized into 19 chapters, which elucidates the legislation on such aspects as town and country planning, site appraisal, building control, and health and safety. The laws governing the conduct of businesses and partnerships, the employment protection law, and building regulations are elaborated as well. This book is intended for use by architects and architectural students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips MD, Frcpc

Serjeantson, Meyricke

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Legal Reminders for Architects;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Foreword;8
6;Preface;10
7;Introduction: The Law;12
7.1;Introduction;12
7.2;Acts or Statutes;13
7.3;Agency law;14
7.4;Amendment;14
7.5;British Standards;14
7.6;Building Regulations: Approved Documents;15
7.7;Case Law;15
7.8;Codes of Practice;15
7.9;Commencement;16
7.10;Contract law;16
7.11;Guidance Material;17
7.12;Negligence;17
7.13;Official Guidance;17
7.14;Repeal;18
7.15;Statute law;18
7.16;Statutory Instruments;18
7.17;Tort;19
8;Chapter 1. Town and Country Planning;20
8.1;Introduction;20
8.2;Access to the Countryside;20
8.3;Agricultural and Forestry Development in National Parks etc;21
8.4;Agricultural land: Development;22
8.5;Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty;23
8.6;Areas of Special Scientific Interest;23
8.7;Common Land;23
8.8;Conservation and the Countryside;24
8.9;Conservation Areas;25
8.10;Crown land;25
8.11;Derelict land;26
8.12;Development in Areas off Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks etc;26
8.13;Development Plans;27
8.14;Environmentally Sensitive Areas;27
8.15;Green Lanes;28
8.16;Inner Urban Areas;28
8.17;Limestone Pavement Orders;29
8.18;Local Plans;29
8.19;Marine Nature Reserves;30
8.20;National Nature Reserves;30
8.21;National Parks;31
8.22;New Towns;31
8.23;Planning Blight;32
8.24;Recreation in the Countryside;32
8.25;Simplified Planning Zones;32
8.26;Sites of Archaeological Interest;33
8.27;Structure Plans;34
8.28;Tree Preservation Orders;34
8.29;Trees in Conservation Areas;35
8.30;Trees in Woodlands;35
8.31;Unitary Development Plans;36
8.32;Urban Regeneration;36
9;Chapter 2. Development Control;38
9.1;Introduction;38
9.2;Advertisement Control for Business Names;39
9.3;Advertisements on Building Sites;39
9.4;Advertisements on Buildings;40
9.5;Bad-Neighbour Development;41
9.6;Building Preservation Notices;42
9.7;"Calling-in" Planning Applications;42
9.8;Captive Balloons for Advertising;42
9.9;Caravan: Definitions for Planning Purposes;43
9.10;Caravan Sites;43
9.11;Caravan Sites Licence;44
9.12;Caravan Sites on Crown land;44
9.13;Change of Use;45
9.14;Churches and Burial Grounds;45
9.15;Compensation for Planning Constraints;46
9.16;Crown land: Development;46
9.17;Crown Land: Sale off Land;47
9.18;Deemed Planning Permission;47
9.19;Development and Material Change off Use;47
9.20;Development as defined in the Town and Country Planning Act 1971;48
9.21;Development Corporations;49
9.22;Enforcement Notices;49
9.23;Enforcement off Planning Controls;50
9.24;Enterprise Zones: Local Government;50
9.25;Fees for Planning Applications;51
9.26;Flagpoles and Forecourts;52
9.27;General Development Orders;53
9.28;Historic Buildings;53
9.29;Industrial Development Certificates;54
9.30;Landscaping;54
9.31;Lay-bys: Development by Snack Vans etc;55
9.32;Listed Buildings;55
9.33;Mineral Working;56
9.34;Office Development Permits;57
9.35;Outline Planning Permission;57
9.36;Permitted Development;58
9.37;Permitted Development: Dwelling Houses;59
9.38;Permitted Development: Industrial Buildings;60
9.39;Planning Appeals;61
9.40;Planning Applications Registers;62
9.41;Planning Gains;63
9.42;Register of Planning Applications;63
9.43;Reserved Matters within Planning Permission;64
9.44;Retrospective Planning Permission;65
9.45;"Section 52 Agreements";65
9.46;Sight Lines;66
9.47;Site Notices;66
9.48;Special Control Areas;66
9.49;Statutory Undertakers;67
9.50;Stop Notices;67
9.51;Street lamps;68
9.52;Urban Development Corporations;68
9.53;Use Classes;69
9.54;Use Classes: List in Alphabetical Order;70
9.55;Use Classes: Outline Definitions;72
10;Chapter 3. Compulsory Purchase;74
10.1;Introduction;74
10.2;Certificate of Appropriate Alternative Development;74
10.3;Compensation for Compulsory Purchase;75
10.4;Compulsory Purchase Powers;75
10.5;Lands Tribunal;76
11;Chapter 4. Highways;78
11.1;Introduction;78
11.2;Highways and their Like;78
11.3;Access to Premises: Stopping Up;79
11.4;Barbed Wire Fences;80
11.5;Building Lines;80
11.6;Building Materials Delivered on Highways;80
11.7;Constructions Over Highways;81
11.8;Damage to Road Surfaces;81
11.9;Discharges onto Highways;81
11.10;Doors Opening onto the Street;82
11.11;Fires near Highways;82
11.12;Hedges and Trees;82
11.13;Noise Insulation from Highways;83
11.14;Parking: Goods Vehicles;83
11.15;Private Streets;83
11.16;Projections over the Street;84
11.17;Public Footpaths;84
11.18;Retaining Walls;85
11.19;Road Humps;85
11.20;Stiles and Gates;85
11.21;Yards and Passages;86
12;Chapter 5. Site Appraisal;88
12.1;Introduction;88
12.2;Abatement Notices;88
12.3;Access from the Highway;89
12.4;Badgers;89
12.5;Bats;90
12.6;Boundaries;90
12.7;Builder's Skips;91
12.8;Building and Improvement Lines;91
12.9;Building Surveys;92
12.10;Coal Mining Areas;92
12.11;Contributory Negligence;93
12.12;Covenants;93
12.13;Discharge off Restrictive Covenants;93
12.14;Easements;94
12.15;Established Use Certificates;94
12.16;Information Available to the Public;95
12.17;Information for the Client;96
12.18;Information from Unauthorised Sources;96
12.19;Land Charges Register;96
12.20;Local Land Charges Registers;97
12.21;Mining Subsidence;98
12.22;Occupier's Liability;98
12.23;Party Walls;99
12.24;Pipe Lines and Transmission Lines;100
12.25;Prohibition Notices;100
12.26;Protected Plants;101
12.27;Public Nuisance;101
12.28;Quasi-easements;101
12.29;Rats and Mice;102
12.30;Restrictive Covenants;103
12.31;Right of Light;103
12.32;Right of Support;103
12.33;Right off Way;104
12.34;Tree Roots and Buildings;104
12.35;Wildlife Protection;105
13;Chapter 6. Public Health;106
13.1;Introduction;106
13.2;Cesspools and Septic Tanks;106
13.3;Compensation for Damage by Local Authorities;107
13.4;Culverts;107
13.5;Drains;107
13.6;Drains and Sanitary Fittings;107
13.7;Food Infestation;108
13.8;Fumigation of Buildings;108
13.9;Hazardous Substances;109
13.10;Petrol Tanks;109
13.11;Refuse Collection from Houses;110
13.12;Sewers;110
13.13;Sewers: Private;111
13.14;Sewers: Public;111
13.15;Statutory Nuisances;111
13.16;Trade Effluent;112
13.17;Trade Waste;113
13.18;Unoccupied Buildings;113
13.19;Waste;114
13.20;Water Authorities;114
13.21;Water Supply and Fittings;114
13.22;Wells and Boreholes;115
14;Chapter 7. Building Control;118
14.1;Introduction;118
14.2;Building Control: Definitions;119
14.3;Alterations to Deposited Plans;120
14.4;Approved Inspectors;120
14.5;Building Act 1984;121
14.6;Building Control Exemptions;122
14.7;Building Control Fees;122
14.8;Building Notice;123
14.9;Building over Sewers;123
14.10;Chimneys: Industrial;124
14.11;City of London and the Inner and Middle Temple;124
14.12;Dangerous Buildings;124
14.13;Defective Premises;125
14.14;Demolition;125
14.15;Demolition Under Streets;126
14.16;Flood Defences;127
14.17;Inner London Building Control;127
14.18;Inner London Boroughs;127
14.19;Local Acts;128
14.20;Local Acts Affecting Building Control;130
14.21;London Port Authority;131
14.22;Means of Escape;132
14.23;Outer London Boroughs;132
14.24;Passing Plans that do not Comply;133
14.25;Plans for Building Control;133
14.26;Rackrent;134
14.27;Raising of Chimneys;134
14.28;Refuse Facilities;134
14.29;Relaxations off Building Control;135
14.30;Retaining Walls: Greater London;135
14.31;Section 36 Notice;136
14.32;Short-Lived Materials;136
14.33;Testing of Soil, Building Materials etc;136
14.34;Time Limit on Deposited Plans;137
15;Chapter 8. Environmental Control;138
15.1;Introduction;138
15.2;Fireplaces: Approved Appliances;138
15.3;Fuel: Authorised Types;139
15.4;Furnace Chimneys;139
15.5;Intruder Alarms;139
15.6;Noise Abatement Order;139
15.7;Noise Abatement Zones;140
15.8;Pesticides;140
15.9;Pollution of Rivers and Streams;140
15.10;Pollution of Waterways;141
15.11;Radioactive Waste Pollution;141
15.12;Refuse Collection and Disposal;141
15.13;Smoke Control Areas;142
15.14;Special Waste;142
15.15;Streams and Ponds: Cleaning;143
16;Chapter 9. Health and Safety;144
16.1;Introduction;144
16.2;Health and Safety at Work etc Act;144
16.3;Accidents;145
16.4;Dangerous Occurrences;146
16.5;Diseases;146
16.6;First Aid;146
16.7;Flammable Gas;147
16.8;Flammable Liquids;147
16.9;Flammable Liquids: Fire Precautions;147
16.10;Inspectors;148
16.11;Safety Policy Statements;148
16.12;Safety Representatives and Safety Committees;149
17;Chapter 10. Housing;150
17.1;Introduction;150
17.2;Assured Tenancies;151
17.3;Clearance Areas;151
17.4;Closing Order;151
17.5;Common Parts Grants;152
17.6;Compulsory Purchase;152
17.7;Covenants on Conversions;152
17.8;Defective Dwellings;153
17.9;Defective Premises;153
17.10;Demolition Order;154
17.11;Earth Closets;155
17.12;Fitness for Habitation;155
17.13;General Improvement Areas;156
17.14;Housing Action Areas;156
17.15;Housing Associations;157
17.16;Housing Corporation;158
17.17;Housing Grants;158
17.18;Improvement Grants;159
17.19;Improvement Notice;159
17.20;Intermediate Grants;160
17.21;Multiple Occupancy: Management off Dwellings;161
17.22;Multiple Occupancy off Dwellings: Control;161
17.23;Multiple Occupancy of Dwellings: Defects;162
17.24;Multiple Occupancy of Dwellings: Fire Precautions;162
17.25;Obstructive Building Order;163
17.26;Overcrowding off Dwellings;163
17.27;Repair Notice;164
17.28;Repairs Grants;164
17.29;Right to Buy;164
17.30;Right to Buy: Designated Areas;165
17.31;Right to Repair in Secure Tenancies;165
17.32;Rooms Below Water Table;165
17.33;Secure Tenancies;166
17.34;Sleeping Space Standards;166
17.35;Special Grants;167
17.36;Standard Amenities;167
17.37;Thermal Insulation Grants;168
17.38;Time and Place Notice;168
17.39;Underground Rooms;169
17.40;Undertaking to Make Fit;169
17.41;Well Maintained Houses;169
18;Chapter 11. Building Types;172
18.1;Introduction;172
18.2;Access for the Disabled;172
18.3;Cinemas and Film Exhibitions;174
18.4;Commercial Developments;174
18.5;Crematoria;174
18.6;Dogs and Cats;174
18.7;Factories;175
18.8;Factories: Access for the Disabled;175
18.9;Factories: Construction;176
18.10;Factories: Fire Certificates;177
18.11;Factories: Hoists and Lifts;177
18.12;Factories: Welfare Facilities;178
18.13;Factories: Working Conditions;178
18.14;Fire Certificates: New Legislation;179
18.15;Food Premises;179
18.16;Food Premises: Hygiene;180
18.17;Food Premises: Maintenance;181
18.18;Health Buildings on Crown Land;181
18.19;Horses;181
18.20;Hospitals: Private;182
18.21;Hotels;182
18.22;Hotels: Fire Certificates;182
18.23;Industrial Developments;183
18.24;Nursing and Residential Homes;183
18.25;Nursing Homes and Hospitals: Private;184
18.26;Offices;184
18.27;Offices: Access for the Disabled;184
18.28;Offices: Fire Certificates;185
18.29;Offices: Hoists, Lifts and Stairs;186
18.30;Offices: Welfare;186
18.31;Schools: Access for the Disabled;190
18.32;Schools: Construction;190
18.33;Schools: Playing Fields;191
18.34;Schools: Teaching Facilities;191
18.35;Schools: Playgrounds;191
18.36;Shops;192
18.37;Shops: General Requirements;192
18.38;Sports Grounds;192
18.39;Sports Grounds: Certificates;193
18.40;Sports Grounds: Covered Stands;194
18.41;Wild Animals as Pets;194
19;Chapter 12. On the Site;196
19.1;Introduction;196
19.2;Asbestos;196
19.3;Controlled Waste;197
19.4;Damages: Joint Liability;197
19.5;Flammable liquids and LPG;197
19.6;Guard Dogs;197
19.7;Improvement Notices;198
19.8;Noise Control;198
19.9;Notification of Works;199
19.10;Prohibition Notices: Health and Safety;199
19.11;Reporting Injuries and Dangerous Occurances;200
19.12;Safety: Constrution Regulations;200
19.13;Safety on Site;201
19.14;Safety: Working Conditions;202
19.15;Site Fires;202
19.16;Site Lifting Gear;203
19.17;Vehicles on Footpaths;203
19.18;Waste from Construction Sites;203
19.19;Welfare on Building Sites;204
20;Chapter 13. In the Office;206
20.1;Introduction;206
20.2;Advice to the Client;206
20.3;Arbitration;207
20.4;Architects' Registration;207
20.5;Breach of Contract;208
20.6;Business Names;208
20.7;Changes in Partnership;208
20.8;Contract;209
20.9;Copyright;210
20.10;Corporate Partnerships;210
20.11;Cost Limits: Preparing Plans;211
20.12;Data Protection: Coverage;211
20.13;Data Protection: Exempted Data;212
20.14;Data Protection: Principles;212
20.15;Data Protection: Registration;213
20.16;Deed of Partnership;213
20.17;Employing Experts;214
20.18;Employment Agencies;214
20.19;Group Partnership;215
20.20;Income Tax: Cars;215
20.21;Latent Damage;216
20.22;Liability;216
20.23;Liability off a Principal for his Assistant;217
20.24;Limitations off Liability;217
20.25;Limited Partnerships;218
20.26;Measurement: Metric Units;218
20.27;Music while you Work;219
20.28;Negligence: Shared Responsibility;219
20.29;Office Equipment;220
20.30;Partner to Partner;220
20.31;Partners' Liabilities;221
20.32;Partnership Bankruptcy;222
20.33;Partnership by Association;222
20.34;Partnership by Representation;222
20.35;Partnerships;222
20.36;Partnerships: Constraints;223
20.37;Professional Negligence: Duty of Care;224
20.38;Property off a Partnership;225
20.39;Rateable Value;225
20.40;Salaried Partner;225
20.41;Sleeping Partner;226
20.42;Sub-Partnerships;226
20.43;Supervision on Site;226
21;Chapter 14. Employment Law: an Introduction;228
22;Chapter 15. Employment: Staff and their Conditions of Employment;230
22.1;Continuous Employment;230
22.2;Contract of Employment;231
22.3;Employer and Employee;232
22.4;Probationary Period;233
22.5;Conditions of Employment: Selecting Staff;234
23;Chapter 16. Employment: Payment and Benefits;236
23.1;Introduction;236
23.2;Certification of Sickness;236
23.3;Deductions from Salary;237
23.4;Equal Pay;238
23.5;Errors in Statutory Sick Ray;239
23.6;Holidays;239
23.7;Itemized Ray Statement;240
23.8;Leaver's Statement;240
23.9;Maternity Leave: Right to Return to Work;241
23.10;Maternity Pay (SMP);242
23.11;Maternity Rights;243
23.12;Part Time Staff: Sick Ray;244
23.13;Payment in Cash;244
23.14;Payment of Statutory Sick Pay;244
23.15;Period of Incapacity for Work;245
23.16;Qualifying Days;246
23.17;Reclaiming Statutory Maternity Pay;246
23.18;Reclaiming Statutory Sick Pay;246
23.19;Records off Sick Ray;247
23.20;Salaries;247
23.21;Sick Pay;248
23.22;Time off for Jury Service;248
23.23;Time off for Pre-Natal Care;248
23.24;Time off for Official and other Duties;249
23.25;Time off for Those Facing Redundancy;250
24;Chapter 17. Employment: Discrimination;252
24.1;Introduction;252
24.2;Convicted Criminals;252
24.3;Disabled People;253
24.4;Race and Sex Discrimination;253
24.5;Trades Union Members;254
25;Chapter 18. Employment: Dismissal;256
25.1;Introduction;256
25.2;Dismissal: the Process;256
25.3;Dismissal: what it Is;257
25.4;Disciplinary Procedures: the ACAS Code;257
25.5;Ability of the Employee;258
25.6;Change off Ownership;259
25.7;Conduct off the Employee;259
25.8;Constructive Dismissal;259
25.9;Dismissal without Notice;260
25.10;Fair Dismissal;260
25.11;Industrial Disputes;261
25.12;Interim Relief;262
25.13;Notice;262
25.14;Pregnancy;263
25.15;Redundancy;263
25.16;Redundancy: Length of Service;264
25.17;Redundancy Payments;264
25.18;Redundancy Procedures;265
25.19;Redundancy: Protective Awards;266
25.20;Redundancy: Reclaiming Payments;266
25.21;Redundancy: Short Time Working;267
25.22;Redundancy: Week's Pay;267
25.23;Replacement Staff;267
25.24;Trades Union Membership;268
25.25;Unfair Dismissal;269
26;Chapter 19.
Employment: Industrial Tribunals;270
26.1;Introduction;270
26.2;Applicants;270
26.3;Costs;271
26.4;Decisions;271
26.5;Hearings;271
26.6;Joinder;272
26.7;Respondents;272
26.8;Reviews and Appeals;273
27;Table of Statutes;274
28;Table of Statutory Instruments;277
29;Selected Bibliography;281
30;Index;283