Licensing of caravan sites

Issue of site licences by district councils.
3
1
An application for the issue of a site licence in respect of any land may be made by the occupier thereof to the [ district council] in whose [ district] the land is situated.
2
An application under this section shall be in writing and shall specify the land in respect of which the application is made; and the applicant shall, either at the time of making the application or within such period as the [ district council] may determine, give to the [ district council] such other information as they may reasonably require.
3
A [ district council] may on an application under this section issue a site licence in respect of the land if, and only if, the applicant is, at the time when the site licence is issued, entitled to the benefit of a permission for the use of the land as a caravan site granted under the Planning Act .
4
If at the date when the applicant duly gives the information required by virtue of sub-section (2) he is entitled to the benefit of such a permission as aforesaid, the [ district council] shall, on the payment by the applicant of a fee of ten pounds, issue a site licence in respect of the land within two months of that date or, if the applicant and the [ district council] agree in writing that the [ district council] shall be afforded a longer period within which to grant a site licence, within the period so agreed.
5
If the applicant becomes entitled to the benefit of such a permission as aforesaid at some time after duly giving the information required by virtue of sub-section (2) the [ district council] shall, on the payment by the applicant of a fee of ten pounds, issue a site licence in respect of the land within six weeks of the date on which he becomes so entitled or, if the applicant and the [ district council] agree in writing that the [ district council] shall be afforded a longer period within which to grant a site licence, within the period so agreed.
6
Notwithstanding anything in sub-sections (1) to (5), a [ district council] shall not at any time issue a site licence to a person who to their knowledge has held a site licence which has been revoked in pursuance of this Act less than three years before that time.
SRO (NI) 1973/285
1985 NI 15
1991 NI 11
Words in s. 3(3) substituted (13.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), s. 254(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 1 (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2))
S. 3(3) modified (13.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 25), ss. 169(7)(a), 254(1), (2) (with s. 211); S.R. 2015/49, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2))