Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013

Use of holdings of 20,000 m² or more in certain circumstances

3 (1) Subject to paragraph 14, a site is not a regulated site on any day if it comprises, together with any adjoining land which is in the same ownership and has not been built on, not less than 20,000 square metres and in the period of 12 months preceding that day—

(a) the number of days on which a mobile home was stationed anywhere on that land or on that adjoining land for the purposes of human habitation did not exceed 28, and

(b) not more than 3 mobile homes were stationed anywhere on that land or on that adjoining land for the purposes of human habitation at any one time.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may by order provide that in any such area as may be specified in the order this paragraph is to have effect as if—

(a) for the reference in the sub-paragraph (1) to 20,000 square metres there were substituted a reference to such smaller area as is specified in the order, or

(b) for the condition specified in paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph there were substituted a condition that the use in question falls between such dates in any year as may be specified in the order.

(3) The Welsh Ministers may make different orders under sub-paragraph (2) in relation to different areas.

(4) An order under sub-paragraph (2) is to come into force on the date specified in the order, being a date not less than 3 months after the order is made.

(5) The Welsh Ministers must publish notice of an order under sub-paragraph (2) in a local newspaper circulating in the locality affected by the order and in such other ways as appear to them appropriate for the purpose of drawing the attention of the public to the order.