PART 2LICENSING OF MOBILE HOME SITES ETC.
Site managers to be fit and proper persons
I128Requirement for manager of site to be fit and proper person
1
The owner of land may not cause or permit any part of the land to be used as a regulated site unless (in addition to the owner holding a site licence) the local authority in whose area the land is situated—
a
is satisfied that the owner is a fit and proper person to manage the site or (if the owner does not manage the site) that a person appointed to do so by the owner is a fit and proper person to do so, or
b
has, with the owner's consent, itself appointed a person to manage the site.
2
Where the owner of land who holds a site licence in respect of the land contravenes subsection (1), the local authority in whose area the land is situated may apply to a residential property tribunal for an order revoking the site licence.
3
A person who contravenes the requirement imposed by subsection (1) commits an offence.
4
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
5
Where the owner of land who holds a site licence in respect of land is convicted of an offence under subsection (3) in relation to the land and the person has been convicted of that offence in relation to the land on 2 or more previous occasions, the magistrates' court before which the owner is convicted may, on an application by the local authority in whose area the land is situated, make an order revoking the owner's site licence on the day specified in the order.