Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977

[F1 1.— (1) This Part applies to caravan sites having an area of not less than 335 square metres. N.I.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “caravan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 25(1) of the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963;

(b) “caravan site” means any land in respect of which a site licence is required under that Act, or would be so required if paragraphs 4 and 11 of the Schedule to that Act (exemption of certain land occupied and supervised by organisations concerned with recreational activities and of land occupied by district councils) were omitted;

(c) a caravan pitch is a “pitch for a leisure caravan” if in accordance with any licence or planning permission regulating the use of the caravan site a caravan stationed on the pitch is not allowed to be used for human habitation throughout the year;

(d) “site operator” means the person who is for the purposes of that Act the occupier of the caravan site.]

F1 1982 NI 2