The Gipsy Encampments (Borough of Runnymede) Order 1989

Made27th July 1989

Laid before Parliament28th July 1989

Coming into force18th August 1989

The Secretary of State, being satisfied that in all the circumstances it is not expedient to make adequate provision in the area of the Borough of Runnymede for the accommodation of gipsies residing in or resorting to that area, on the joint application of the councils of the County of Surrey and the Borough of Runnymede, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 19681, and now vested in him2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-

1

This Order may be cited as the Gipsy Encampments (Borough of Runnymede) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 18th August 1989.

2

The area of the Borough of Runnymede is designated as an area to which section 10 (prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated areas) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.

C. F. PattenSecretary of State for the Environment27th July 1980

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the Borough of Runnymede as an area to which section 10 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.

It is an offence within a designated area for a gipsy to station a caravan for the purpose of residing for any period on any land within the boundaries of a highway, or on any other unoccupied land, or on any occupied land without the consent of the occupier.

Under section 11 of the Act (substituted by section 174 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980), unlawfully stationed caravans and their occupants may be removed by order of a magistrates' court.