F1Part II
Control of unauthorised encampments
10 Prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated areas.
1
In any area designated under the following provisions of this Act as an area to which this section applies it shall be an offence for any person being a gipsy to station a caravan for the purpose of residing for any period—
a
on any land situated within the boundaries of a highway, or
b
on any other unoccupied land; or
c
on any occupied land without the consent of the occupier.
2
In proceedings against any person for an offence under this section it shall be a defence to prove that the caravan was stationed on the land in consequence of illness, mechanical breakdown or other immediate emergency and that he removed it (or intended to remove it) as soon as reasonably practicable.
3
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20; and if the offence of which he is convicted is continued after the conviction he shall be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable in respect thereof to a fine not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale for every day on which the offence is so continued.
Pt. II (ss. 6-12) repealed (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 80(1)(3)(4), 168(3), Sch. 11