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CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 5

Power of district council to attach conditions to site licences.

5.(1) A site licence issued by a [district council] in respect of any land may
be so issued subject to such conditions as the [council] may think it
necessary or desirable to impose on the occupier of the land in the interests
of persons dwelling thereon in caravans, or of any other class of persons, or
of the public at large; and in particular, but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, a site licence may be issued subject to
conditions

(a)for restricting the occasions on which caravans are stationed on the land
for the purposes of human habitation, whether by reference to any date or
dates or by limiting the period or periods for which caravans may be so
stationed in successive periods of one year or by a combination of both those
methods;

(b)for restricting the total number of caravans which are stationed on the
land for the purposes of human habitation at any one time;

(c)for controlling (whether by reference to their size, the state of their
repair or, subject to sub-section (2), any other feature) the types of caravan
on the land;

(d)for regulating the positions in which caravans are stationed on the land
for the purposes of human habitation and for prohibiting, restricting, or
otherwise regulating, the placing or erection on the land, at any time when
caravans are so stationed, of structures and vehicles of any description
whatsoever and of tents;

(e)for preserving or enhancing the amenity of the land, including the planting
and replanting thereof with trees and bushes;

(f)for securing that, at all times when caravans are stationed on the land,
proper measures are taken for preventing and detecting the outbreak of fire
and adequate means of fighting fire are provided and maintained;

(g)for securing that adequate sanitary facilities, and such other facilities,
services or equipment as may be specified, are provided for the use of persons
dwelling on the land in caravans and that, at all times when caravans are
stationed thereon for the purposes of human habitation, any facilities and
equipment so provided are properly maintained.

(2) A condition shall not be attached to a site licence controlling the types
of caravans which are stationed on the land by reference to the materials used
in their construction.

(3) A condition may be attached, under sub-section (1) to a site licence
issued in respect of any land, corresponding to any condition (in whatever
words expressed) for the time being in force subject to which [planning
permission has been granted under the Order of 1972] for the use of land that
as a caravan site.

(4) A site licence issued in respect of any land shall, unless it is issued
subject to a condition restricting to three or less the total number of
caravans which may be stationed on the land at any one time, contain an
express condition that, at all times when caravans are stationed on the land
for the purposes of human habitation, a copy of the licence as for the time
being in force shall be displayed on the land in some conspicuous position.

(5) A condition attached to a site licence may, if it requires the carrying
out of any works on the land in respect of which the licence is issued,
prohibit or restrict the bringing of caravans on to the land for the purposes
of human habitation until such time as the [district council] have certified
in writing that the works have been completed to their satisfaction; and where
the land to which the site licence relates is at the time in use as a
caravan site, the condition may, whether or not it contains any such
prohibition or restriction as aforesaid, require the works to be completed to
the satisfaction of the [council] within a stated period.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that a condition
attached to a site licence shall be valid notwithstanding that it can be
complied with only by the carrying out of works which the holder of the
site licence is not entitled to carry out as of right.

(7) The Ministry may from time to time specify for the purposes of this
section model conditions regulating the layout of, and the provision of
facilities, services and equipment for, caravan sites or particular types of
caravan site; and in deciding what, if any, conditions to attach to a
site licence, a [district council] shall have regard to any model conditions
so specified.

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