Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1004
Housing, England And Wales
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) Order 2011
Made
4th April 2011
Coming into force
30th April 2011
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 320 and 321 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008( 1 ), makes the following Order.
A draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 320(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) Order 2011 and comes into force on 30th April 2011.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.
(3) The amendments made by this Order do not apply in relation to any agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983( 2 ) (“the 1983 Act”) applies before the coming into force of section 318 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
Consequential amendments
2. —(1) The 1983 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (particulars of agreements) after subsection (8) insert—
“ (8A) Subsections (3), (4) and (6) do not apply in relation to a person occupying or proposing to occupy a transit pitch in England on a local authority gypsy and traveller site or a county council gypsy and traveller site and in such cases, the reference in subsection (5) to subsections (2) to (4) is to be treated as a reference to subsection (2).
(8B) In subsection (8A) “county council gypsy and traveller site”, “local authority gypsy and traveller site” and “transit pitch” all have the same meanings as in paragraph 1(4) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act. ” .( 3 )
(3) In section 2 (terms of agreements) after subsection (5) insert—
“ (6) Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply in relation to a person occupying or proposing to occupy a transit pitch in England on a local authority gypsy and traveller site or a county council gypsy and traveller site.
(7) In subsection (6) “county council gypsy and traveller site”, “local authority gypsy and traveller site” and “transit pitch” all have the same meanings as in paragraph 1(4) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Grant Shapps
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
4th April 2011
1983 c. 34 . In England and Wales, section 1 was substituted, and section 2 was amended, by sections 206 and 265 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to, the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) .
Paragraph 1(4) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act was inserted by the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1 and Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2011 ( S.I. 2011/1003 ).