Legal/Regulatory Compliance Level 2 Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are the CDM Regulations and when did the come into effect?
The Construction Design and Management Regulations which came into effect in 2015.
What are the CDM Regulations for?
They are the main set of UK Regulations for managing health, safety and welfare on construction projects.
Who do the CDM Regulations apply to?
Everyone involved in a construction project, including client, contractors and designers.
What projects do the CDM Regulations apply to?
Applies to all construction projects including new builds, demolitions, refurbishments and maintenance.
What are the five parts of the CDM Regulations?
- Commencement and Application
- Client Duties
- Health and Safety Duties and Roles
- General Requirements
- Arrangements and General Information
What do the Plant and Machinery Regulations 2000 set out?
Specify which plant and machinery is considered part of lands and heritages for non-domestic valuation.
What are the different classes of plant and machinery?
- Plant used mainly or exclusively in connection with the generation, storage, primary transformation of power or main transmission of power
- Plant used or intended to be used for services to the land and heritages
- Railway and Tramway lines and tracks, lifts/elevators/escalators, cables/wires/conductors, poles/posts/pylons
- Item integral or part of building structure.
What table to you look to when look at rateable items in class 1 re P&M regs?
Table 1 which includes:
a) steam boilers
b) steam engines
c)continuous or alternating current dynamos
d) storage batteries
e) static transformers
f) cables and conductors
g) water wheels
h) pumping engines for hydraulic power
i) air compressors
j) windmills
k) shafting, couplings, clutches, worm-gear, pulleys and wheels
l)steam or other motors used for driving any machinery falling within this class
m) aero-generators
n) solar cells
What is included in Table two in connection with class 2 p & M regs?
a) general - any plant/motors used in connection with driving motors for services
b) heating, cooling and ventilating - e.g. water heaters, plug sockets, refrigerating machines
c) lighting - e.g. gas pressure regulators, plug sockets
d) draining - e.g. pumps and other water-lifting apparatus
e)supplying water - e.g pumps and other water-lifting apparatus
f) protection from hazards - e.g tanks, lagoons and reservoirs.
List of Accessories - e.g foundations, cranes etc
What is contained in table 3 and what does it relate to in terms of P&M Regs?
Relates to class 4 (no class 3 table)
Includes:
Blast furnaces,
Bridges, tunnels, etc
Bunds
Chimneys and flues
Coking Ovens
Cooling Pods,
Dams
etc
What is contained in table 4 and what does it relate to in terms of P&M Regs?
Relates to class 4
Includes:
Accelerators
Acid Concentrators
Bins and hoppers
Boilers
Bunkers
Coolers
Evaporators
Silos
Stills
Tanks
Etc
What is the main piece of Council Tax legislation?
The Local Government Finance Act (1992)
What are some main pieces of ND Legislation?
Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854 - Introduction of NDR
1956 Act - Definition of NAV
1966 Act - Tone of the Role
1975 Act - Modern NDR - defines scenarios in which assessor can alter roll after it has been made up
Non domestic rates Act 2020 - Result of Barclay Review - AINS/civil penalties, new proposals system, etc
What piece of legislation outlines the making of the roll?
The Valuation Timetable Order 2022
What are the key dates referred to in the valuation timetable order 2022?
- draft roll/estimates sent to rating authorities- 30 Nov 2025
- Physical circumstances date/roll sent to LA’s - 15th March 2026
- Copy of Roll sent to ministers - 15th March 2026
