Explanatory Memorandum

Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

2011 CHAPTER 12

16 March 2011

Commentary on Sections

Schedule: Agreements under Part 1 of this Act

Part 3: Supplementary provisions

Part 3 of the Schedule relates to paragraphs 8 (sale of caravan) and 9 (gift of caravan) of Part 1 of the Schedule and provides for circumstances in which a caravan owner makes a request to someone other than the site owner to approve a person to whom the caravan owner wishes to sell their caravan and assign the residential agreement. Part 3 places a duty on the person who receives the request (providing the tests in sub-paragraph (2) are met) to take reasonable steps to ensure the request reaches the site owner in a timely way and a form of redress where this duty is not fully exercised.