Statutory Instruments
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
15th September 1987
Laid before Parliament
24th September 1987
Coming into force
15th October 1987
Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that adequate provision is made in the area of the County of Northumberland for the accommodation of gipsies residing in or resorting to that area;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State on the application of the council of the County of Northumberland, 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 (County of Northumberland) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 15th October 1987.
2. The area of the County of Northumberland is designated as an area to which section 10 (prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated areas) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
15th September 1987
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the County of Northumberland 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.
1968 c. 52; section 12 was substituted by section 175 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65).
S.I. 1970/1681.