Authority with the material he has received from the (4) On receipt from the contractor of the requisition referred to in (6) On conclusion of the service the Building Materials Supply Any refunded amounts shall be credited by the Local Authority to the capital account of the housing scheme. Local Government Board. May, 1919. MEMORANDUM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. HOUSING SCHEMES. PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED AFTER THE BOARD HAVE APPROVED THE HOUSE PLANS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN TENDERS AND TO SUBMIT A PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED TENDER TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. 1. When the Board have approved the house plans, the Local Authority or Public Utility Society, as the case may be, will proceed as soon as possible to obtain tenders and submit the provisionally accepted tender to the Housing Commissioner in order that the Board's approval of the tender may be obtained. 2. It is not necessary that any approval of the Commissioner or the Board should be sought at any stage between the approval of the house plans and the approval of the tender, but it is desirable that the Local Authority or Society should keep in close touch with the Commissioner throughout, and for this reason the procedure set out below provides for copies of the various documents being sent to the Commissioner. 3. The Local Authority or Society should appoint their Quantity Surveyor before the Board's approval of the house plans is given, in order that he may be able to start work immediately the Board have approved the house plans. He may often be able to do a certain amount of preparatory work even before the house plans have been finally approved. 4. The Board consider that the maximum time between the approval of the house plans and the submission of a provisionally accepted tender should be five weeks, made up as follows :— From the receipt of the Board's approval of the house plans to the completion of the preparation of the Quantities and the delivery of the Bills of Quantities to Contractors ... Preparation and delivery of tenders Adjustment and final provisional acceptance by the 3 weeks ... I week I week 5 weeks. ... The above periods must be regarded as the maximum, and every endeavour must be made to reduce them as far as possible. 5. The following action should be taken as soon as the Board's approval of the house plans is received. (a) Prepare final specifications and send a copy to the Commissioner. (b) Prepare Bills of Quantities for and obtain tenders. The Bills of Quantities will be accompanied by a Schedule in which the net rates of payments for labour and for materials will be inserted by the Contractor, and forwarded to the Local Authority or Society at the time of sending in the tender in order to show the basis on which the prices in the Quantities are calculated. (c) An unpriced copy of the Quantities and Schedule must be sent to the Commissioner as soon as prepared by the Local Authority or Society. (d) A list of the tenders received showing the amount of each tender and the name and address of each tenderer, a copy of the tender which is provisionally accepted or which it is proposed to accept, and a copy of the Contract Conditions and Form of Agreement proposed to be adopted must be sent to the Commissioner for the approval of the Board. 6. The Board hope to issue at an early date: (a) A model form of Specification. (b) A model form of Schedule to show the net rates of payment for labour and materials. (c) A model form of Agreement and Conditions of Contract. 7. If modifications or economies are required by the Board owing to the excessive cost or otherwise, the Board's approval will be given subject to the carrying out of such modifications or economies during the progress of the work and they must be dealt with as variations and adjusted at the final settlement of accounts with the Contractor. This arrangement should prevent delay in proceeding immediately with the work. 8. After the work has begun, any variation of the scheme as approved must be reported at once to the Commissioner. Wherever possible the report must be made before the work involved in the variation is begun, and if the variation is disallowed no increase of cost caused by it will rank for financial assistance. 9. During the execution of the work, monthly reports of the progress of the scheme must be prepared by the Clerk of Works or other authorised representative of the Local Authority or Society. Copies of these reports must be sent regularly to the Commissioner. Forms of report will be issued at an early date. Housing Department, Local Government Board. June, 1919. ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. THE PUBLIC HEALTH (CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER) TO THE COUNCIL of every County and of every County And to all others whom it may concern. WHEREAS by virtue of the provisions of Section 130 of the Public Health Act, 1875, of Section 2 of the Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Disease) Act, 1913, and of other enactments in that behalf, We, the Local Government Board, are empowered to make Regulations with a view to the treatment of persons suffering from the infectious disease known as cerebro-spinal fever, and for preventing the spread of the disease, and to declare the authorities by whom the Regulations shall be executed and enforced; And whereas by the Public Health (Cerebro-Spinal Fever) Regulations, 1918, We made certain provisions with respect to the treatment of cases or suspected cases of cerebro-spinal fever, and for the examination of persons suspected to be suffering from the disease: NOW THEREFORE, in the exercise of the powers conferred on Us by the Public Health Act, 1875, the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the Public Health Act, 1896, and the Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Disease) Act, 1913, and of every other power enabling Us in that behalf, We hereby rescind the Public Health (Cerebro-Spinal Fever) Regulations, 1918, and do make the following Regulations, and also Declare and Direct as follows: ARTICLE I.—The Council of any Administrative County and of any County Borough may provide or arrange (1) for the examination and treatment of any person who for the time being is in the County or Borough as the case may be and is either suspected to be suffering from cerebro-spinal fever, or has been in contact with a person suffering or suspected to be suffering from the disease; and (2) for the provision of serum and vaccine for the treatment of cases or suspected cases of the disease, together with the necessary apparatus for the use of the serum or vaccine. ARTICLE II.—The expenses incurred under these Regulations, and any expenses incurred before the date hereof under the Regulations hereby rescinded, shall in the case of a County Council be defrayed as expenses for general county purposes, and in the case of a County Borough Council as part of the expenses incurred by the Council in the execution of the Public Health Acts. ARTICLE III.—These Regulations shall come into operation on the date of this Order, and shall then and thereafter apply and have effect throughout England and Wales. ARTICLE IV. These Regulations may be cited as "The Public Health (Cerebro-Spinal Fever) Regulations, 1919." Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, this Sixteenth day of June, in the year One thousand nine hundred and nineteen. CHRISTOPHER ADDISON, (L.S.) F. J. WILLIS, Assistant Secretary. President. |