Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62)

Part I E+W+S Caravan Sites

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I extended by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 21(1)

C2 Pt. I (ss. 1–32) applied (E.W.) by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1), ss. 31(7), 66(7)

C3 Pt. I (ss. 1-32) definition of caravan applied by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2; 103:2), s. 2(3)(as amended by Caravans (Standard Community Charge and Rating) Act 1991 (c. 2, SIF 81:1,2), s. 2(1))

C4 Pt. I (ss. 1-32) applied (E.W.) (6.3.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 7(6) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)).

Licensing of caravan sites E+W+S

[F1 9B Compliance notice under section 9A: offence and multiple convictions E+W

(1) An occupier of land who has been served with a compliance notice which has become operative (see section 9H) commits an offence if the occupier fails to take the steps specified in the notice under section 9A(2)(b) within the period so specified under section 9A(2)(c).

(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3) In proceedings against an occupier of land for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence that the occupier had a reasonable excuse for failing to take the steps referred to in subsection (1) within the period referred to in that subsection.

(4) Subsection (5) applies where—

(a) an occupier of land is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), and

(b) the occupier has been convicted on two or more previous occasions of an offence under subsection (1), or an offence under section 9 committed before the commencement of this section, in relation to the site licence to which the conviction mentioned in paragraph (a) relates.

(5) On an application by the local authority who served the compliance notice in question, the court before which the occupier of the land was convicted may make an order revoking the site licence in question on the date specified in the order.

(6) An order under subsection (5) must not specify a date which is before the end of the period within which notice of appeal (whether by case stated or otherwise) may be given against the conviction mentioned in subsection (4)(a).

(7) Where an appeal against the conviction mentioned in subsection (4)(a) is made by the occupier of the land before the date specified in an order under subsection (5), the order does not take effect until—

(a) the appeal is finally determined, or

(b) the appeal is withdrawn.

(8) On an application by the occupier of the land or by the local authority who issued the site licence, the court which made the order under subsection (5) may make an order specifying a date on which the revocation of the site licence takes effect which is later than the date specified in the order under subsection (5).

(9) But the court must not make an order under subsection (8) unless it is satisfied that adequate notice of the application has been given to the occupier of the land or to the local authority (as the case may be).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 9A-9C inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by Mobile Homes Act 2013 (c. 14), ss. 4(2), 15(1)