... action on the social, economic and environmental well-being of the English countryside. © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Rural areas Legislation Rural advocate to champion countryside Keywords: Rural areas, Legislation Ewen Cameron, Chairman of the Countryside Agency...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Health and safety Legislation Health and safety legislation in 2001 Keywords: Health and safety, Legislation The coming year will see the biggest change in health and safety enforcement possible since the Health and Safety at Work Act...

... will take place when the necessary secondary legislation is ready next year. © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Insolvency Legislation New Insolvency Act receives Royal Assent Keywords: Insolvency, Legislation The UK Government's commitment to support viable businessess...

... to the ubiquitous party wall. These will be considered, but let us first acquaint ourselves with the nature of the party wall itself. Party wall Notice Trespass Legislation The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (PWA) has been in force since 1 July 1997. It regulates building operations in a variety...

... Households accommodated © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Homelessness Legislation Statistics Statistics of local authority activities under the homelessness legislation: England, third quarter of 1998 This bulletin provides information on the operation...

..., a comprehensive approach to ensuring high standards of property management is essential, but recently a series of disastrous fires have highlighted some of the difficulties of managing property in this environment. The Government’s response to fire disasters has been to enact additional fire safety legislation...

... and the opportunities which present themselves to maximize claims. Also considers whether the Inland Revenue will achieve their stated goal to “clarify the boundary” and “protect the Exchequer”. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Finance Inland Revenue Legislation Machinery Plant and machinery On 17 December...

... York? What lessons emerge in the relationships between economics, finance and law in a new wave of insolvency proceedings under post‐1980 legislation? In terms of property market conditions, how can Paul Reichmann’s consortium’s repurchase of Canary Wharf be explained? Since the mid‐1950s...

..., 10, 12, 13. Concludes that the Act represents a compromise. ‘…The position of any first or subsequent assignee who has been pursued by the original lessee is rather less clear‐cut…’ © Company 1996 Landlord Legislation Tenancy Tenants Readers will be familiar with the long...

... by the owner of the whole of the land which is the subject of the adverse planning decision (except in the case of a listed building purchase notice)[ 5 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Compensation Legislation Planning Property Purchasing Valuation Partly by accident and partly by design, we...

... and returns more closely allied to profitability. Describes recent legislation to consolidate the moves to reform the land market. Urban land reform has provided a supply of land on to the market to establish a functioning property market. It has restrained land use in agriculture, diverting land to a higher...

... Commercial property France Landlord and tenant Leasing Legislation Market pricing Rent Property One of the key concerns of investors in international commercial property is the quality of the income stream. This will depend not only on the quality of the covenant of the tenant but also on local...

... that deliver services effectively and efficiently,for the agreed price. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Clients Compulsory competitive tendering Legislation Local government Property Property management Compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) is not a new feature in the management of local...

... and the justification for reform of the present legislation. Analyses the plight of owners today and prepares a case for the reform of the current legislation. Commercial property Finance Landlord Legislation Local government Recession Rent and rates The legislation which introduced unoccupied rate...

... strategy Environmental risk assessment Landlord and tenant Legislation Property management The first, and probably most important, question managers will need to ask is whether the property for which they are responsible is contaminated. Only a full‐scale, on‐site, environmental audit costing...

... Legislation CONSERVING MODERN BUILDINGS: CONSENT OR CONSTRAINT Anthony Walker and Yvonne Lee Everyone is familiar with the concept of preserving the medieval cathedral, and to a lesser extent the eccentricities of the Victorian age, but what of the predicament posed by 'modern' architecture? Not often...

...D.C.W. Ho Identifies and discusses the problems involved in maintaining Hong Kong′s older buildings: deficiencies in existing legislation,organizational difficulties, lack of public awareness, and manpower shortages. Concludes that public education about maintenance is the best long‐term solution...

... (and perhaps even more radical) encroachments on the rights of freeholders in the past: the Enclosure Acts which were the key to agrarian reform in the 17th and 18th centuries; the compulsory purchase legislation which facilitated the construction of canals, railways and roads in the course of the subsequent...

...Spence Marlow; Sue Rivers Provides some background to new proposals in the UK to introduce legislation which would give existing long leaseholders in interdependent properties the collective right to purchase the freehold interest. Sets out to examine the management structure of commonhold...

...Rex Barnes Examines recently introduced legislation and guidelines concerning the quality of building environments. Shows how these new criteria are having a major effect on the ways in which property management operates and its perception of responsibilities within the buildings it manages. Cites...