Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2238

The Gipsy Encampments (District of Vale of White Horse) Order 1992

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1992 No. 2238

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Gipsy Encampments (District of Vale of White Horse) Order 1992

The Secretary of State, being satisfied that adequate provision is made in the area of the District of Vale of White Horse for the accommodation of gipsies residing in or resorting to that area, on the joint application of the councils of the County of Oxfordshire and the District of Vale of White Horse, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968^[1], and now vested in him^[2], 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 (District of Vale of White Horse) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 9th October 1992.

    2.    The area of the District of Vale of White Horse is designated as an area to which section 10 (prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated areas) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.

Michael Howard

Secretary of State for the Environment

11th September 1992

This Order designates the District of Vale of White Horse 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.

[1] 1968 c. 52; section 12 was substituted by section 175 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), and was amended by paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51). back

[2] S.I. 1970/1681. back