The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (Amendment of Definition of Caravan) (Scotland) Order 2019

Made: 18th September 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 20th September 2019

Coming into force: 15th November 2019

In accordance with that section, the Scottish Ministers have consulted with such bodies or persons as appear to them to be concerned.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (Amendment of Definition of Caravan) (Scotland) Order 2019 and comes into force on 15 November 2019.

• (2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Amendment of the definition of caravan for the purposes of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960

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• (1) Section 13 (twin-unit caravans) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) In subsection (2)—

• (a) in paragraph (a)—

• (i) for “60” substitute “65.616”,

• (ii) for “18.288” substitute “20”,

• (b) in paragraph (b)—

• (i) for “20” substitute “22.309”,

• (ii) for “6.096” substitute “6.8”, and

• (c) in paragraph (c)—

• (i) for “10” substitute “10.006”,

• (ii) for “3.048” substitute “3.05”.

Signed

KEVIN STEWART — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 18th September 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the definition of caravan in section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”).

Section 13 (twin-unit caravans) of the 1968 Act excepts from the meaning of “caravan” in Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 twin-unit structures designed or adapted for human habitation which are composed of not more than two sections separately constructed and designed to be assembled on site by bolts, clamps or other devices, which when assembled are physically capable of being moved by road from one place to another and whose dimensions exceed specified dimensions.

This Order substitutes larger dimensions into section 13(2) of the 1968 Act.

A Business Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Scottish Government and online at http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781839601460 .

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c.52. The functions of the Secretary of State in so far as within devolved competence were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act (c.46).