2016 No. 964 (W. 237)
Mobile Homes, Wales

The Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2016

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 58(3)(a) of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 20131.

PART 1

Title and commencement1.

(1)

The title of this Order is the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2016.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 31 October 2016.

PART 2

Amendment of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Functions and Responsibilities) (Wales) Regulations 20072.

(1)

Schedule 1 to the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Functions and Responsibilities) (Wales) Regulations 20072 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1 of Part B (licensing and registration functions (in so far as not covered by any other paragraph of this Schedule))—

(a)

in column (1) of the Table after “Power to issue licences authorising the use of land as a caravan site”, insert “or mobile home site”; and

(b)

in column (2) of the Table, after “Section 3(3) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62)” insert “and section 7(1) of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 6)”.

Amendment of the Highways Noise Payments (Movable Homes) (Wales) Regulations 20013.

(1)

The Highways Noise Payments (Movable Homes) (Wales) Regulations 20013 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “movable home”—

(a)

omit paragraph (a);

(b)

at the end of paragraph (b) for “:”substitute “, or”; and

(c)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)

a mobile home within the meaning of section 60 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013;”.

(3)

In regulation 7(1)(a) (eligible homes)—

(a)

for “caravan” substitute “mobile home”; and

(b)

for “section 1(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968” substitute “section 2(2) of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013”.

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 19954.

In Part 5 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 19954, under Class B (permitted development) after “the 1960 Act” insert “and the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013”.
Carl Sargeant
Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes consequential amendments in relation to the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) and it comes into force on 31 October 2016.

Article 2 inserts references to a mobile home site and to the 2013 Act in Part B of the Table in Schedule 1 to the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Functions and Responsibilities) (Wales) Regulations 2007.

Article 3 makes changes to regulations 2 and 7(1)(a) of the Highways Noise Payments (Movable Homes) (Wales) Regulations 2001.

Article 4 inserts a reference to the 2013 Act into Part 5 of Schedule 2 to Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.