Golden Bull winners 1985

• City of Edinburgh District Council for a building preservation notice

'If this Notice ceases to be in force (otherwise than by reason of inclusion of the building in the statutory list) the provisions of Part III of Schedule 10 to the said Act, which relate to continuing liability after the lapse of a Notice when an offence has been committed while the Notice was in force, shall have effect with respect to things done or occurring under the Notice or with reference to the building being treated as Listed.'

• Comet (Radiovision Services Ltd, Hull) for the Terms and Conditions of Five Star Option 5 guarantee

'At the request and cost of the Insurer, the Insured shall do and concur in doing all such acts and things as the Insurer may reasonably require with a view to obtaining compensation, following loss or damage covered by this insurance and enforce any rights the Insured may have against anyone including but not limited to, any rights the Insurer may have against the manufacturer under warranty, guarantee or otherwise in respect of any loss or damage whether or not any payment has been made by the Insurer.'

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• Grampian Regional Council (Abderdeen) for a letter about a student's grant

'As you are already aware, all applications for Further Education Bursaries require to be assessed in accordance with the terms of the Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1978 as amended. In this case, the application was assessed on the basis of parental income and the outcome was that the parental income exceeded the cost of the course, which is the value of the various allowances that apply in the case of a student under 18 years of age living elsewhere than at home. Accordingly, a Nil Award situation occurred.'

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• Inland Revenue for a tax demand

'Take notice that by virtue of Regulation 27A of the Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1973 (as inserted by Regulation 5 of the Income Tax (Employments) (No. 15) Regulations 1985, Regulation 8A of the Income Tax (Sub-Contractors in the Construction Industry) Regulations 1975 (as inserted by Regulation 4 of the Income tax) (Sub-Contractors in the Construction Industry) Regulations 1985, and Regulation 27A inserted in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 by Regulation 3 of the Social Secutiry (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1985.

'You are required within seven days of the date of this notice to pay either the amount specified ('A' above) or an amount which you declare to be the full amount which you are liable to pay for the period ('B' below).

'Failure to pay the specified or a declared amount within 7 days will result in steps being taken without further warning to recover the specified amount with costs.'

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• Leeds Permanent Building Society for a mortgage deed

'In pursuance of the said agreements and in consideration of the provisions herein contained the Policy Holder as Beneficial Owner hereby assigns the Society all that the Policy and all moneys (including bonuses already accrued or hereafter to accrue) to become payable thereunder and the full benefit thereof to hold the same unto the Society absolutely subject to a like right of redemption as immediately after the execution hereof will be subsisting under this Deed and the Principal Deed in respect of the mortgages property.'

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• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for a letter explaining a new rent arrears policy

'The increase will vary from a minimum of £1.20 per week to a maximum of £3.00 per week. Most tenants will not have the full increase of £3.00 applied, unless they are already in rent arrears above a certain level, or get into rent arrears during the course of the year. In those circumstances, the new rents policy means that the difference between the increase on 1st April 1985 and the full amount of £3.00 will be applied at a later date, unless one of the steps listed below is taken to reduce the arrears.

'Your rent account will be examined each week for 13 weeks, commencing on Monday 18th February 1985 until Sunday 19th May 1985. Unless the full increase of £3.00 has been applied from 1st April 1985, if, during this time you are in rent arrears of more than an amount equivalent to eight weeks total charges payable and you do not satisfy one of the three conditions listed below, the difference between the increase of 1st April 1985 and the full amount of £3.00 will be applied from 1st July 1985. This could be as much as £1.80 extra per week.'

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• Norweb (electricity board) for Conditions of Supply

'Notwithstanding anything in these conditions, if any difference arises between the Consumer and the Board as to whether a meter is registering correctly, the matter may be determined by a mutually agreed method and failing agreement shall be determined by a meter examiner in accordance with the Electricity Acts.

'In the case of a prepayment meter, payment for electricity shall be by means of current coins of the realm placed in the box attached to the meter. Coins so placed shall become the property of the Board, but the Consumer shall be responsible for their safe keeping until collected by the Board. The Consumer shall pay to the Board on demand any amount by which the sum payable for the supply in accordance with the tariff exceeeds the sum of money in the box attached to their meter however the deficiency may have arisen including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the theft of loss of any coins placed in the box or defect in the mechanism of the meter or otherwise.'

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• Zanussi for instructions for fitting a cooker hood

'When you mount the cookerhood on a modulated kitchen please care that the superior kitchen please care that the superior border of the calibre is on the inferior border of the incorporated board;

'When you fix the cookerhood to the incorporated board, please set this border on the wall upon the bottom of the incorporated board et use the un-hooped holes.'

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