C2C3C4C5 Part I Caravan Sites

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5

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

1 Prohibition of use of land as caravan site without site licence.

1

Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, no occupier of land shall after the commencement of this Act cause or permit any part of the land to be used as a caravan site unless he is the holder of a site licence (that is to say, a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the use of land as a caravan site) for the time being in force as respects the land so used.

F21A

Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a regulated site within the meaning of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013.

C12

If the occupier of any land contravenes subsection (1) of this section he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary convictionF3—

a

where the land in question is in England, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;

b

where the land in question is in Wales,

in the case of the first offence to a fine not exceeding F1one hundred poundsF1level 4 on the standard scale, and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding F1two hundred and fifty poundsF1level 4 on the standard scale.

3

In this Part of this Act the expression “occupier” means, in relation to any land, the person who, by virtue of an estate or interest therein held by him, is entitled to possession thereof or would be so entitled but for the rights of any other person under any licence granted in respect of the land:

Provided that where land amounting to not more than four hundred square yards in area is let under a tenancy entered into with a view to the use of the land as a caravan site, the expression “occupier” means in relation to that land the person who would be entitled to possession of the land but for the rights of any person under that tenancy.

4

In this Part of this Act the expression “caravan site” means land on which a caravan is stationed for the purposes of human habitation and land which is used in conjunction with land on which a caravan is so stationed.