Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1066

The Gipsy Encampments (Metropolitan District of Sefton) Order 1993

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1993 No. 1066

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Gipsy Encampments (Metropolitan District of Sefton) Order 1993

The Secretary of State, being satisfied that adequate provision is made in the area of the Metropolitan District of Sefton for the accommodation of gipsies residing in or resorting to that area, on the application of the council of the Metropolitan District of Sefton, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(1) 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 (Metropolitan District of Sefton) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 13th May 1993.

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

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Department of the Environment

14th April 1993

This Order designates the Metropolitan District of Sefton 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