Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2374
Town and country planning, england
The Caravan Sites Act 1968 and Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006 (Definition of Caravan) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006
Made
4th September 2006
Laid before Parliament
8th September 2006
Coming into force
1st October 2006
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(3) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968( 1 ) and section 2(7) of the Housing Act 1996( 2 ) and having consulted such persons or bodies as appear to her to be concerned in accordance with section 13(2) of that Act, makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement, and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Caravan Sites Act 1968 and Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006 (Definition of Caravan) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st October 2006.
(2) The amendments made by articles 2 and 3 apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of the definition of caravan for the purposes of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960( 3 )
2. Sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (twin-unit caravans) shall be amended—
(a) in paragraph (a) by the substitution for “60” and “18.288” of “65.616” and “20” respectively”;
(b) in paragraph (b) by the substitution for “20” and “6.096” of “22.309” and “6.8” respectively; and
(c) in paragraph (c) by the substitution for “10” and “3.048” of “10.006” and “3.05 respectively.
Amendment of the definition of caravan in article 3 of the Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006( 4 )
3. Paragraph 3 of article 3 of the Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006 (meaning of caravan) shall be amended
(a) in paragraph (a) by the substitution for “18.288 metres (60 feet) of “20 metres”;
(b) in paragraph (b) by the substitution for “6.096 metres (20 feet)” of “6.8 metres”; and
(c) in paragraph (c) by the substitution for “3.048 metres (10 feet)” of “3.05 metres”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Angela Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
4th September 2006
1968 c.52 . The functions of the Secretary of State so far as exercisable in relation to Wales are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/672 .
1996 c52 . The Secretary of State’s functions under section 2, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ), article 2 and Schedule 1.
1960 c.62 .