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Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c.62)

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Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960

1960 CHAPTER 62 8_and_9_Eliz_2

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Caravan Sites

    1. Licensing of caravan sites

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

      2. 2. Exemptions from licensing requirements

      3. 3. Issue of site licences by local authorities

      4. 4. Duration of site licences

      5. 5. Power of local authority to attach conditions to site licences

      6. 6. Failure by local authority to issue site licence

      7. 7. Appeal to magistrates’ court against conditions attached to site licence

      8. 8. Power of local authority to alter conditions attached to site licences

      9. 9. Provisions as to breaches of condition

      10. 10. Transfer of site licences, and transmission on death, etc

      11. 11. Duty of licence holder to surrender licence for alteration

      12. 12. Responsibility of occupier of land subject to a licence or special tenancy

    2. Special provisions as to existing sites

      1. 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 21, 22... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Caravans on commons

      1. 23. Power of rural district councils to prohibit caravans on commons

    4. Provision of caravan sites by local authorities

      1. 24. Power of local authorities to provide sites for caravans (E+W)

      2. 24. Power of local authorities to provide sites for caravans (S)

    5. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 25. Registers of site licences

      2. 26. Power of entry of officers of local authorities

      3. 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 28. Crown land

      5. 29. Interpretation of Part I

      6. 30. Part repeal of s. 269, Public Health Act, 1936

      7. 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 32. Application of Part I to Scotland

  2. Part II

    1. 33—47... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    General

    1. 48.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 49. Financial provisions

    3. 50. Short title, interpretation, extent and commencement

  4. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Cases where a Caravan Site Licence is not required

  5. SECOND SCHEDULE

    Further Provisions as to Orders Relating to Commons

  6. THIRD SCHEDULE

  7. FOURTH SCHEDULE

An Act to make further provision for the licensing and control of caravan sites, to authorise local authorities to provide and operate caravan sites, to amend the law relating to enforcement notices and certain other notices issued under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, to amend sections twenty-six and one hundred and three of that Act and to explain other provisions in the said Part III; and for connected purposes.

[29th July 1960]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 20(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

Act (except Sch. 2 para. 6): transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 29.8.1960 see s. 50(4)