[F15ARelevant protected sites: annual feeE+W
(1)A local authority in England who have issued a site licence in respect of a relevant protected site in their area may require the licence holder to pay an annual fee fixed by the local authority.
(2)When requiring a licence holder to pay an annual fee under this section, a local authority must inform the licence holder of the matters to which they have had regard in fixing the fee for the year in question (in particular, the extent to which they have had regard to deficits or surpluses in the accounts for the annual fee for previous years).
(3)Where an annual fee due to a local authority under this section has become overdue, the local authority may apply to [F2the tribunal] for an order requiring the licence holder to pay the local authority the amount due by the date specified in the order; and the order may make provision about the manner in which the payment is to be made.
(4)Where a licence holder fails to comply with an order under subsection (3) within the period of three months beginning with the date specified in the order for the purposes of that subsection, the local authority may apply to [F3the tribunal] for an order revoking the site licence.
(5)In this Part, “relevant protected site” means land in respect of which a site licence is required under this Part, other than land in respect of which the relevant planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or the site licence is, subject to subsection (6)—
(a)expressed to be granted for holiday use only, or
(b)otherwise so expressed or subject to such conditions that there are times of the year when no caravan may be stationed on the land for human habitation.
(6)For the purpose of determining whether land is a relevant protected site, any provision of the relevant planning permission or of the site licence which permits the stationing of a caravan on the land for human habitation all year round is to be ignored if the caravan is so authorised to be occupied by—
(a)the occupier, or
(b)a person employed by the occupier but who does not occupy the caravan under an agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies (see section 1(1) of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 5A inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by Mobile Homes Act 2013 (c. 14), ss. 1(3), 15(1)
F2Words in s. 5A(3) substituted (18.7.2014) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Mobile Homes Act 2013 and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1900), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 3(a)
F3Words in s. 5A(4) substituted (18.7.2014) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Mobile Homes Act 2013 and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1900), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 3(b)