PART 2LICENSING OF MOBILE HOME SITES ETC.

Interim managers

I130Appointment of interim manager

1

If any of the conditions specified in subsection (2) is met in relation to a regulated site, a local authority by which the site is licensed may appoint an interim manager of the site.

2

The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—

a

that the local authority considers that the holder of the site licence is failing or has failed, either seriously or repeatedly, to comply with a condition of the site licence,

b

that the local authority considers that the site is not being managed by a person who is a fit and proper person to manage the site, and

c

that the local authority considers that there is no-one managing the site.

3

A local authority must, if requested to do so by an association that is a qualifying residents' association in relation to a site, consider whether to exercise its power under this section.

4

Subsection (3) does not affect the discretion of a local authority to exercise its power under this section on its own initiative.

5

A person aggrieved by a decision to appoint an interim manager may, within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the decision is made, appeal to a residential property tribunal against the decision.

6

The appointment of an interim manager comes to an end with the earliest of the following—

a

the expiry of the site licence,

b

the revocation of the site licence, and

c

a date specified in the appointment.

7

If a person ceases to be an interim manager before the appointment has come to an end, the authority may appoint a new interim manager in place of that person.