The Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Jurisdiction of Residential Property Tribunals) (Wales) Order 2012

Amendments to the Housing Act 2004

4.—(1) The Housing Act 2004 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In section 230 (powers and procedure of residential property tribunals) after subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) When exercising jurisdiction under the Mobile Homes Act 1983, the directions which may be given by a tribunal under its general power include (where appropriate)—

(a) directions requiring the payment of money by one party to the proceedings to another by way of compensation, damages or otherwise;

(b) directions requiring the arrears of pitch fees or the recovery of overpayments of pitch fees to be paid in such manner and by such date as can be specified in the directions;

(c) directions requiring cleaning, repairs, restoration, re-positioning or other works to be carried out in connection with a mobile home, pitch or the protected site in such manner as may be specified in the directions;

(d) directions requiring the establishment, provision or maintenance of any service or amenity in connection with a mobile home, pitch or protected site in such manner as may be specified in the directions.

(5B) In subsection (5A)—

“mobile home” and “protected site” have the same meaning as in the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (see section 5 of that Act);

“pitch” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(4) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act;

“pitch fee” has the meaning given in paragraph 29 of Chapter 2, paragraph 13 of Chapter 3, or paragraph 27 of Chapter 4, of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act, as the case may be.”

(3) In Schedule 13 (residential property tribunals: procedure)—

(a) for the italic heading before paragraph 2 substitute “Applications and appeals”,

(b) in paragraph 3 (transfers) in sub-paragraph (6) after “this Act” insert “or the Mobile Homes Act 1983”,

(c) in paragraph 8 (additional relief) in sub-paragraph (2) after the words “this Act” insert “or any provision of the Mobile Homes Act 1983”, and

(d) in paragraph 12 (costs) in sub-paragraph (3)(a) after “£500” insert “or, in the case of an application to a tribunal under the Mobile Homes Act 1983, £5,000”.