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CLA Advisory Handbooks provide unparalleled technical treatment of significant issues for CLA members. They are available at discount to all Landowner, Business and Professional members.

The range of CLA Advisory Handbooks are regulary revised and several new titles are planned for 2007.


CLA47 Food Safety Management Tools in the Food Chain
Food Safety Management Tools in the Food Chain examines the application of food management controls, such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), in ensuring that the product that reaches the consumer is safe and traceable.
[Food]

CLA46 EU Protected Status for Food Products
The European Union’s system for granting special status for regional and local food gives the consumer full information about the origin of a particular product and gives the producer a distinct marketing advantage.
[Food]

CLA45 - Diversifying the Dairy Business
“Diversifying the Dairy Business" is the latest of the CLA's advisory handbooks which sets out the principles those seeking to diversify need to take into account.
[Diversification]

CLA44 - Gas and Oil Pipelines
The gas industry is hotting up to meet the challenges of UK energy supply in the face of declining North Sea reserves. This involves not only new landings for compressed gas at major ports, but also onshore gas storage sites, and reinforcements to the...
[Wayleaves and Easements]

CLA42 - Farm Business Tenancies
The new edition of the CLA handbook on Farm Business Tenancies (CLA 42) was published as regulatory changes to agricultural holdings legislation c ame into force on 19th October 2006, and the effects of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) beg an to...
[Tenancies]

CLA43 - Water pipes and Sewers
CLA members face water and sewerage companies with compulsory rights more and more often as the existing public system is extended to meet new demands and new developments. This CLA handbook, together with its forthcoming sister publication on Gas and...
[Wayleaves and Easements]

CLA40 - Electricity Wayleaves (December 2005)
Guidance on the compulsory rights framework and practical advice on electricity apparatus on private land.
[Wayleaves and Easements]

CLA39 - Telecommunications Wayleaves
Following the Communications Act 2003, the creation of "Ofcom", recent case law and with new guidance on BT self assessment this new handbook (together with its sister publication on Electricity Wayleaves) replaces the previous Cables and Wires...
[Wayleaves and Easements]

CLA38 - A Guide to the Planning System in England and Wales
The introduction of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (the 2004 Act), in September 2004, is making the greatest changes to the planning system since the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, or even the Town & Country Planning Act 1968.
[Planning]

CLA37 - Angling, Fisheries and the Law
Many CLA members are involved in angling for pleasure, for profit, or for both. The new advisory handbook "Angling, Fisheries and the Law" explains all the main legal issues anglers and fisheries owners should be aware of.
[Countryside Sports]

CLA36 - Employment Law (update of CLA17)
The employment law handbook gives a clear and practical overview of the main issues affecting employers, both agricultural and non-agricultural.
[Employment]

CLA35 - Communications Masts (update of CLA23 Telecommunication Towers)

[Wayleaves and Easements]

CLA33 - New Transport Schemes: Roads, Rail & Canals
NEW TRANSPORT SCHEMES
[Compulsory Purchase]

CLA32 - Game Shooting and the Law
At a time when shooting is under scrutiny, it is important that all involved understand and respect the law, especially as it relates to the grant of firearms and shotgun certificates.
[Countryside Sports]

CLA34 - The Law of Listed Buildings: An Owner’s Guide
Buildings of such "special architectural or historic interest" that they warrant a level of protection above that provided by the mainstream planning system are recorded in a list prepared by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and...
[Planning]

CLA29 - Shooting Lease
SHOOTING LEASE
[Countryside Sports]

CLA27 - Law Relating to Livestock and Domestic Animals
CHAPTER 1
[Agriculture]

CLA22 - Model Storage Licence Agreement
MODEL STORAGE LICENCE AGREEMENT
[Diversification]

CLA24 - The Lands Tribunal – Resolving Disputes on Statutory Compensation
THE LANDS TRIBUNAL:RESOLVING DISPUTES ON STATUTORY COMPENSATION
[Compulsory Purchase]

CLA16 - Diversification Survey on Tenanted Land

[Tenancies]

CLA15 - Minerals and Waste Guidelines
Continuing development creates a constant demand for minerals, especially rock, sand and gravel. Whilst the guidance in this handbook concentrates on construction aggregates, it also covers other minerals, including coal, oil and gas, gold and...
[Minerals and Waste]

CLA11 - A Campaigners Guide to Compulsory Purchase
A CAMPAIGNER'S GUIDE TO COMPULSORY PURCHASE
[Compulsory Purchase]

CLA03 - Capital Gains Tax Roll Over Relief
The most common form of Roll-Over Relief for the replacement of business assets would seem a straightforward concept, but the transparent simplicity hides its complex nature.
[Taxation]