The Gipsy Encampments (Borough of Arfon) Order 1989

Made: 16th March 1989

Laid before Parliament: 4th April 1989

Coming into force: 25th April 1989

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, on the joint application of the councils of the County of Gwynedd and the Borough of Arfon, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 12(2) and 16 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968[^f00001] 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 (Borough of Arfon) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 25th April 1989.

2

The area of the Borough of Arfon is designated as an area to which section 10 (prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated areas) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.

Signed

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 16th March 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the Borough of Arfon 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 52; section 12 was substituted by section 175 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), and was amended by paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51).