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CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make provision for the licensing and control of caravan
sites; to authorise local authorities to provide and operate caravan
sites, and for purposes connected with those matters.
[9th July 1963]
Licensing of caravan sitesProhibition of use of land as caravan site
without site licence.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an occupier of any
land shall not after the commencement of this Act cause or permit
any part of the land to be used as a caravan site unless he is
the holder of a site licence (that is to say, a licence under
this Act authorising the use of land as a caravan site) for the
time being in force as respects the land so used.

(2) If the occupier of any land contravenes sub-section (1) he
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction,
where it is a first offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred
pounds, and, where it is a second or subsequent offence, to a fine
not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds.

(3) In this Act "occupier" means, in relation to any land, the
person who, by virtue of an estate or interest therein held by
him, is entitled to possession thereof or would be so entitled
except for the rights of any other person under any licence (not
amounting to a contract of tenancy) granted in respect of the land,
but where land of not more than four hundred square yards in area
is let under a tenancy entered into with a view to the use of
the land as a caravan site, "occupier" means in relation to that
land the person who would be entitled to possession of the land
except for the rights of any person under that tenancy.

(4) In this Act "caravan site" means land on which a caravan is
stationed for the purposes of human habitation and land which is
used in conjunction with land on which a caravan is so stationed.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 2
Exemptions from licensing requirements.

2. A site licence shall not be required for the use of land as a
caravan site in the circumstances specified in the Schedule, and the
Schedule shall have effect accordingly.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 3
Issue of site licences by district councils.

3.(1) An application for the issue of a site licence in respect of
any land may be made by the occupier thereof to the [district
council] in whose [district] the land is situated.

(2) An application under this section shall be in writing and shall
specify the land in respect of which the application is made; and
the applicant shall, either at the time of making the application
or within such period as the [district council] may determine, give
to the [district council] such particulars, set out in such form,
as the Ministry of Health and Local Government (in this Act
referred to as "the Ministry") may by order prescribe.

(3) A [district council] may on an application under this section
issue a site licence in respect of the land if, and only if, the
applicant is, at the time when the site licence is issued, entitled
to the benefit of a permission for the use of the land as a
caravan site granted under the [Planning (Northern Ireland) Order
1972 (in this Act referred to as "the Order of 1972"].

(4) If at the date when the applicant duly gives the particulars
prescribed under sub-section (2) he is entitled to the benefit of
such a permission as aforesaid, the [district council] shall, on the
payment by the applicant of a fee of ten pounds, issue a site
licence in respect of the land within two months of that date or,
if the applicant and the [district council] agree in writing that
the [district council] shall be afforded a longer period within
which to grant a site licence, within the period so agreed.

(5) If the applicant becomes entitled to the benefit of such a
permission as aforesaid at some time after duly giving the
particulars prescribed under sub-section (2) the [district council]
shall, on the payment by the applicant of a fee of ten pounds,
issue a site licence in respect of the land within six weeks of
the date on which he becomes so entitled or, if the applicant and
the [district council] agree in writing that the [district council]
shall be afforded a longer period within which to grant a site
licence, within the period so agreed.

(6) Notwithstanding anything in sub-sections (1) to (5), a [district
council] shall not at any time issue a site licence to a person
who to their knowledge has held a site licence which has been
revoked in pursuance of this Act less than three years before that
time.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 4
Duration of site licences.

4.(1) Where permission for the use of any land as a caravan site
has been granted under the [Order of 1972] in terms such that it
will expire at the end of a specified period, any site licence
issued in respect of the land by virtue of the existence of that
permission shall expire, and shall be stated to expire, at the end
of that period; but, subject thereto, a site licence shall not be
issued for a limited period.

(2) If, after a site licence is issued, the terms of the said
permission are varied by the Ministry or any person appointed by it
under section 2(6) of the Act of 1944 [or by the planning appeals
commission on an appeal under Article 23 of the Order of 1972] ...
the [district council] who issued the licence shall make in the
site licence any alteration required to secure that its terms comply
with sub-section (1).

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.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 6
Failure by district council to issue site licence.

6. Where a [district council], being required under section 3 to
issue a site licence in respect of any land, fail to do so within
the period within which they are required to issue a site licence
by that section, an offence is not committed under section 1 in
respect of the land by the person by whom the application for the
site licence was made at any time after the expiration of the said
period and before a site licence is issued in pursuance of the
said application.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 7
Appeal to court of summary jurisdiction or Ministry against
conditions attached to site licence.

7.(1) Any person aggrieved by any condition (other than any such
condition as is referred to in section 5(1)(a) or (3) or the
condition referred to in section 5(4)) subject to which a site
licence has been issued to him in respect of any land may, within
twenty-eight days of the date on which the licence was so issued,
serve on the [district council] who issued the licence a notice of
appeal to the court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty
sessions district in which the land is situated; and the court, if
satisfied (having regard amongst other things to any model conditions
which may have been specified by the Ministry under section 5(7))
that the condition is unduly burdensome, may vary or cancel the
condition.

(2) Any person aggrieved by any such condition as is referred to
in section 5(1)(a) subject to which a site licence has been issued
to him in respect of any land may, within twenty-eight days of the
date on which the licence was so issued, appeal against that
condition to the Ministry; and the Ministry if satisfied that the
condition is unduly burdensome, may vary or cancel that condition.

(3) Before determining an appeal under sub-section (2), the Ministry
shall, if the appellant so desires, afford to him an opportunity of
appearing before and being heard by an independent person appointed
by the Ministry for the purpose; and where the Ministry affords
such an opportunity to the appellant the Ministry shall afford the
like opportunity to the [district council] who imposed the condition
which is the subject of the appeal.

(4) An independent person appointed under sub-section (3) shall
report to the Ministry on any hearing held by him.

(5) In so far as the effect of a condition (in whatever words
expressed) subject to which a site licence is issued in respect of
any land is to require the carrying out on the land of any works,
the condition shall not have effect during the period within which
the person to whom the site licence is issued is entitled by
virtue of sub-section (1) to serve a notice of appeal against the
condition nor, thereafter, whilst an appeal against the condition is
pending.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 8
Power of district council to alter conditions attached to site
licences.

8.(1) The conditions attached to a site licence may be altered at
any time (whether by the variation or cancellation of existing
conditions, or by the addition of new conditions, or by a
combination of any such methods) by the [district council], but
before exercising their powers under this sub-section the [district
council] shall afford to the holder of the licence an opportunity
of making representations.

(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where the holder of a site licence
is aggrieved by any alteration of the conditions attached thereto or
by the refusal of the [district council] of an application by him
for the alteration of any conditions attached to a site licence, he
may, within twenty-eight days of the date on which written
notification of the alteration or refusal is given to him, serve on
the [district council] a notice of appeal to the court of summary
jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district in which the
land to which the site licence relates is situated; and the court
may, if it allows the appeal, give to the [district council] such
directions as may be necessary to give effect to its decision.

(3) Sub-section (2) shall not apply in relation to any such
condition as is referred to in section 5(1)(a), but where the
holder of a site licence is aggrieved by any alteration of any
such condition attached to a site licence or by the refusal of the
[district council] of an application by him for the alteration of
that condition, he may within twenty-eight days of the date on
which written notification of the alteration or refusal is given to
him appeal against the alteration or refusal to the Ministry; and
the Ministry may, if it allows the appeal, give to the [district
council] such directions as may be necessary to give effect to its
decision.

(4) Before determining an appeal under sub-section (3), the Ministry
shall, if the appellant so desires, afford to him an opportunity of
appearing before and being heard by an independent person appointed
by the Ministry for the purpose; and where the Ministry affords
such an opportunity to the appellant the Ministry shall afford the
like opportunity to the [district council] who imposed the condition
which is the subject of the appeal.

(5) An independent person appointed under sub-section (4) shall
report to the Ministry on any hearing held by him.

(6) Where the holder of a site licence applies to a [district
council] for the alteration of any condition attached thereto, the
application shall be deemed to be refused at the expiration of the
period of two months from the date on which the [council] receive
the application unless within that period the [council] notify the
holder of the determination of the application.

(7) Where a [district council] alter the conditions attached to a
site licence in pursuance of an application made in that behalf by
the holder of a site licence, that holder shall pay a fee of one
pound to the [council].

(8) The alteration by a [district council] of the conditions
attached to any site licence shall not have effect until written
notification thereof has been served on the holder of the licence,
and in so far as any such alteration imposes a requirement on the
holder of the licence to carry out on the land to which the
licence relates any works which he would not otherwise be required
to carry out, the alteration shall not have effect during the
period within which the said holder is entitled by virtue of
sub-section (2) to serve a notice of appeal against the alteration
nor, thereafter, whilst an appeal against the alteration is pending.

(9) In exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and
sub-section (2) respectively, a [district council] and a court of
summary jurisdiction shall have regard amongst other things to any
model conditions which may have been specified by the Ministry under
section 5(7).

(10) A court of summary jurisdiction shall not have power under
this section to give to a [district council] any direction requiring
any alteration in any condition attached to a site licence issued
in respect of any land which corresponds to any condition (in
whatever words expressed) for the time being in force subject to
which [planning permission has been granted under the Act of 1944
or the Order of 1972] for the use of that land as a caravan
site.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 9
Provisions as to breaches of condition.

9.(1) If an occupier of land fails to comply with any condition
for the time being attached to a site licence held by him in
respect of the land, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable
on summary conviction, where it is a first offence to a fine not
exceeding one hundred pounds, and, where it is a second or
subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty
pounds.

(2) Where a person convicted under this section for failing to
comply with a condition attached to a site licence has on two or
more previous occasions been convicted thereunder for failing to
comply with a condition attached to that licence, the court before
which he is convicted may, if an application in that behalf is
made at the hearing by the [district council] in whose [district]
the land is situated, make an order for the revocation of the said
site licence to come into force on such date as the court may
specify in the order, being a date after the end of a period of
seven days beginning with the day on which he is convicted; and if
an appeal is brought before the date so specified the order shall
be of no effect pending the final determination or withdrawal of
the appeal.

(3) A person convicted under this section or the [district council]
who issued the site licence to him may apply to the court of
summary jurisdiction which has made an order revoking a site licence
for an order extending the period at the end of which the
revocation is to come into force, and the court may, if satisfied
that adequate notice of the application has been given to the
[district council] or, as the case may be, the person convicted,
make an order extending that period.

(4) Where an occupier of land fails within the time specified in a
condition attached to a site licence held by him to complete to
the satisfaction of the [district council] in whose [district] the
land is situated any works required by the condition to be so
completed, the [district council] may carry out those works, and may
recover as a civil debt in any court of competent jurisdiction from
that person any expenses reasonably incurred by them in that behalf.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 10
Transfer of site licences and transmission on death, etc.

10.(1) Subject to sub-section (3), when the holder of a site
licence in respect of any land ceases to be the occupier of the
land, he may, on giving notice of the transfer to the [district
council] in whose [district] the land is situated and on payment of
a fee of [50p] to the [council], transfer the licence to the
person who then becomes the occupier of the land.

(2) Where a [district council] receive notice of a transfer of a
site licence together with the fee of [50p], they shall endorse on
the licence the name of the person to whom it is to be
transferred and the date agreed between the parties to the transfer
as the date on which that person is, for the purposes of this
Act, to be treated as having become the holder of the licence.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), a [district
council] shall not at any time endorse on a site licence the name
of any person who has held a site licence which has been revoked
under this Act less than three years before that time.

(4) Where any person becomes, by operation of law, entitled to an
estate or interest in land in respect of which a site licence is
in force and is, by virtue of his holding that estate or interest,
the occupier of the land within the meaning of this Act he shall,
for the purposes of this Act, be treated as having become the
holder of the licence on the day on which he became the occupier
of the land, and the [district council] in whose [district] the
land is situated shall, if an application in that behalf is made
to them, endorse his name and the said date on the licence.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 11
Duty of licence holder to surrender licence for alteration.

11.(1) A [district council] who have issued a site licence may at
any time require the holder to deliver it up so as to enable them
to enter in it any alteration of the conditions or other terms of
the licence made in pursuance of this Act.

(2) If the holder of a site licence, within a period of seven
days from the date on which any requirement made under sub-section
(1) is served on him, fails without reasonable excuse to comply
with a requirement duly made under this section he shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 12
Responsibility of occupier of land subject to a licence or special
tenancy.

12.(1) It shall be a condition of any such licence or tenancy as
is mentioned in section 1(3) that if any person in exercise of
rights under the licence or tenancy does anything which would
constitute an offence under that section if that person were the
occupier of the land, the person who is the occupier of the land
may take possession of the land and terminate the licence or
tenancy; and in determining whether the occupier of the land has
permitted the land to be used as a caravan site account shall be
taken of any powers exercisable by him under this sub-section.

(2) The occupier of any land subject to a licence or subject to
any such tenancy as is mentioned in section 1(3) shall have the
right, as against any person claiming under the licence or tenancy,
to enter on the land and do anything on the land reasonably
required for the purpose of complying with any conditions attached
to a site licence issued with respect to the land.

Ss.1320 rep. by 1972 NI 17 art.110(2) sch.7

Power of district council to provide sites for caravans.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 21

21.(1) A [district council] shall, with the consent of the Ministry,
have power within their [district] to provide sites where caravans
may be brought, and to manage the sites or lease them to some
other person.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, a [district council]
may make such provision as appears to them desirable in connection
with such sites, and in particular may

(a)with the consent of the Ministry, acquire land which is in use
as a caravan site, or which has been laid out as a caravan site;
or

(b)provide for the use of those occupying caravan sites any services
or facilities for their health or convenience;

(3) The [district council] shall make in respect of the use of
sites provided or managed by them, and of any services or
facilities provided or made available under this section, such
reasonable charges as they may determine.

(4) A [district council] may make available the services and
facilities provided under this section for those who do not normally
reside in the [district] of the [district council] as freely as for
those who do.

(5) Where a [district council] desire to acquire otherwise than by
agreement any land because it appears to them that a caravan site,
or an additional site is needed in their [district], or that land
which is in use as a caravan site should in the interests of the
users of caravans be taken over by the [district council], they may
apply to the Ministry for an order vesting the land in them and
the Ministry shall have power to make such an order and section
22(1) and (2) of and Schedule 2 to the Local Government Act
(Northern Ireland) 1934 shall apply for the purposes of this
sub-section as if

(a)the purposes for which a [district council] may acquire land
thereunder included the purposes of this sub-section; and

[(b)"local authority" meant a district council].

(6) A [district council] have not power under this section to
provide caravans.

Subs.(7) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

Registers of site licences.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 22

22.(1) Every [district council] shall keep a register of site
licences issued in respect of land situated in their [district], and
every such register shall be open for inspection by the public at
all reasonable times.

(2) Where under sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of section 10 a
[district council] endorse on a site licence the name of any person
in the circumstances described in those sub-sections, they shall
record his name, and the date entered in the licence, in the
register of site licences.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 23
Power of entry.

23.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, [a district
council shall have] a right at all reasonable hours to enter any
land which is used as a caravan site or in respect of which an
application for a site licence has been made

(a)for the purpose of enabling the [district council] to determine
what conditions should be attached to a site licence or whether
conditions attached to a site licence should be altered;

(b)for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is, or has been,
on or in connection with the land any contravention of the
provisions of this Act;

(c)for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not circumstances exist
which would authorise the [district council] to take any action, or
execute any work, under this Act;

(d)for the purpose of taking any action, or executing any work,
authorised by this Act to be taken or executed by the [district
council];

(2) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a justice of the peace

(a)that admission to any land has been refused, or that refusal is
apprehended, or that the occupier of the land is temporarily absent
and the case is one of urgency, or that an application for
admission would defeat the object of the entry; and

(b)that there is reasonable ground for entering on the land for any
such purpose as is mentioned in sub-section (1);

(3) [A district council] entering any land by virtue of this
section, or of a warrant issued thereunder, may take with [them]
such other persons as may be necessary.

(4) Every warrant granted under this section shall continue in force
until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been
satisfied.

(5) A person who wilfully obstructs any [district council] acting in
the execution of this section, or of a warrant under this section,
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten
pounds.

[(6) A district council may arrange for the discharge of any of
their functions under this section by any of their officers and
arrangements made under this sub-section shall include provision for
any officer of the district council, seeking to exercise any power
of entry on any land in pursuance of the arrangements, to exhibit
the authority if required to do so.]

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 24
Crown land.

24. The provisions of this Act relating to site licences shall
apply in relation to land the occupier of which is not the Crown
notwithstanding that an estate or interest in the land belongs to
the Crown.

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 25
Interpretation.

25.(1) In this Act

"the Act of 1944" [means the Planning (Interim Development) Act
(Northern Ireland) 1944];

"caravan" means any structure designed or adapted for human
habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to
another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor
vehicle or trailer) and any motor vehicle so designed or adapted,
but does not include

(a)any railway rolling stock which is for the time being on rails
forming part of a railway system for the time being in use as
such; or

(b)any tent;

"caravan site" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(4);

"existing site" has the meaning assigned to it by section 13;

Definitions rep. by 1972 NI 17 art.110(2) sch.7; SRO (NI) 1973/285

"the Ministry" means the Ministry of Health and Local Government;

"occupier" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3);

"site licence" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1).

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall, except in a
case to which section 10(4) applies, be treated as the holder of a
site licence if, and only if, a [district council] have entered or
endorsed his name in or on a site licence as the holder of that
licence.

(3) Any reference in this Act to the carrying out of works shall
include a reference to the planting of trees and shrubs and the
carrying out of other operations for preserving or enhancing the
amenity of land.

(4) For the purposes of any provision of this Act relating to the
expiration of permission granted under the Act of 1944 [or the
order of 1972] for any use of land, permission granted for the use
of land for intermittent periods shall not be regarded as expiring
at any time so long as the permission authorises the use of the
land for further intermittent periods.

Subs.(5) rep. by 1972 NI 17 art.110(2) sch.7

CARAVANS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1963 - SECT 26
Short title.

26.(1) This Act may be cited as the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland)
1963.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 19731. A site licence shall not be required
for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is incidental
to the enjoyment as such of a dwellinghouse within the curtilage of
which the land is situated.

2. Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use of land as a caravan site by a person travelling with
a caravan who brings the caravan on to the land for a period
which includes not more than two nights

(a)if during that period no other caravan is stationed for the
purposes of human habitation on that land or any adjoining land in
the same occupation; and

(b)if, in the period of twelve months ending with the day on which
the caravan is brought on to the land, the number of days on
which a caravan was stationed anywhere on that land or the said
adjoining land for the purposes of human habitation did not exceed
twenty-eight.

3.(1) Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use as a caravan site of land which comprises, together
with any adjoining land which is in the same occupation and has
not been built on, not less than five acres

(a)if in the period of twelve months ending with the day on which
the land is used as a caravan site the number of days on which a
caravan was stationed anywhere on that land or on the said
adjoining land for the purposes of human habitation did not exceed
twenty-eight; and

(b)if in the said period of twelve months not more than three
caravans were so stationed at any one time.

(2) The Ministry may by order provide that in any such area as
may be specified in the order this paragraph shall have effect
subject to the modification

(a)that for the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to five acres there
shall be substituted a reference to such acreage as may be
specified in the order; or

(b)that for the condition specified in head (a) of that
sub-paragraph there shall be substituted a condition that the use in
question falls between such dates in any year as may be specified
in the order;

(3) An order under this paragraph shall come into force on such
date as may be specified in the order, being a date not less than
three months after the order is made; and the Ministry shall
publish notice of the order in a local newspaper circulating in the
locality affected by the order and in such other ways as appear to
it to be expedient for the purpose of drawing the attention of the
public to the order.

4. Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use as a caravan site of land which is occupied by an
organisation which holds for the time being a certificate of
exemption granted under paragraph 12 (in this Schedule referred to
as an "exempted organisation") if the use is for purposes of
recreation and is under the supervision of the organisation.

5.(1) Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use as a caravan site of land as respects which there is
in force a certificate issued under this paragraph by an exempted
organisation if not more than five caravans are at the time
stationed for the purposes of human habitation on the land to which
the certificate relates.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph an exempted organisation may
issue as respects any land a certificate stating that the land has
been approved by the exempted organisation for use by its members
for the purposes of recreation.

(3) The certificate shall be issued to the occupier of the land to
which it relates, and the exempted organisation shall send
particulars to the Ministry of all certificates issued by the
organisation under this paragraph.

(4) A certificate issued by an exempted organisation under this
paragraph

(a)shall specify the date on which it is to come into force and
the period for which it is to continue in force, being a period
not exceeding one year; and

(b)may be withdrawn by the organisation at any time if the occupier
of the land to which it relates fails to comply with any
conditions specified in the certificate.

6. Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use of land as a caravan site if the use is under the
supervision of an exempted organisation and is in pursuance of
arrangements made by that organisation for a meeting for its members
lasting not more than five days.

7. Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use as a caravan site of agricultural land for the
accommodation during a particular season of a person or persons
employed in farming operations on land in the same occupation.

8. Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use of land as a caravan site for the accommodation during
a particular season of a person or persons employed on land in the
same occupation, being land used for the purposes of forestry
(including afforestation).

9. Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be required
for the use as a caravan site of land which forms part of, or
adjoins, land on which building or engineering operations are being
carried out (being operations for the carrying out of which
permission under the [Order of 1972] has, if required, been granted)
if that use is for the accommodation of a person or persons
employed in the course of those operations or the person or persons
who own any estate in the land on which those operations are being
carried out.

10.(1) Subject to paragraph 13, a site licence shall not be
required for the use of land as a caravan site by a travelling
showman who is a member of an organisation of travelling showmen
which holds for the time being a certificate granted under this
paragraph and who is, at the time, travelling for the purposes of
his business or who has taken up winter quarters on the land with
his equipment for some period falling between the beginning of
October in any year and the end of March in the following year.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph the Ministry may grant a
certificate to any organisation recognised by the Ministry as
confining its membership to bona fide travelling showmen; and a
certificate so granted may be withdrawn by the Ministry at any
time.

11.(1) A site licence shall not be required for the use as a
caravan site of land occupied by a [district council].

Sub-para.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

12.(1) For the purposes of such of the following provisions as the
Ministry may specify in the certificate, that is to say, paragraphs
4, 5 and 6 the Ministry may grant a certificate of exemption to
any organisation as to which the Ministry is satisfied that its
objects include the encouragement or promotion of recreational
activities.

(2) A certificate granted under this paragraph may be withdrawn by
the Ministry at any time.

(3) An organisation to which a certificate of exemption is granted
under this paragraph shall pay to the Ministry such fee, if any,
as the Ministry may prescribe by regulations made with the approval
of the Ministry of Finance.

(4) Where the Ministry withdraws a certificate granted under this
paragraph, it shall out of moneys provided by Parliament refund to
the organisation to which the certificate was granted such part of
any fee paid by the organisation in respect of the certificate as
may be prescribed by regulations made by the Ministry with the
approval of the Ministry of Finance.

(5) Regulations made by the Ministry under this paragraph shall be
subject to negative resolution.

13.(1) The Ministry may on the application of a [district council]
by order provide that, in relation to such land situated in the
[district] of the [council] as may be specified in the order, this
Schedule shall have effect as if paragraphs 2 to 10, or such one
or more of those paragraphs as may be so specified, were omitted
from this Schedule.

(2) An order under this paragraph

(a)shall come into force on such date as may be specified therein;
and

(b)may, on the application of the [district council] on whose
application it was made, be varied or revoked by a subsequent order
made thereunder;

14. Orders made by the Ministry under paragraphs 3 and 13 shall be
subject to negative resolution.