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The Mobile Homes (Written Statement) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made

5 November 2007

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

7 November 2007

Coming into force

30 November 2007

The Welsh Ministers (1) are, in relation to Wales, the appropriate national authority for the purposes of exercising the powers conferred by section 1(2)(e) of the Mobile Homes Act 1983(2) and make the following Regulations in exercise of those powers:

Title, commencement, and application

1.–(1) The title of these Regulations is the Mobile Homes (Written Statement) (Wales) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 30 November 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to every written statement given after 30 November 2007 with respect to an agreement–

(a) for the stationing of a mobile home (3) on a protected site(4), and

(b) to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 will apply.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations–

"the 1983 Act" ("Deddf 1983") means the Mobile Homes Act 1983;

"written statement" ("datganiad ysgrifenedig") means the written statement that the owner of a protected site is required by section 1(2) of the 1983 Act to give to the proposed occupier.

Written statement: prescribed requirements

3. The requirements with which a written statement must comply for the purposes of section 1(2) of the 1983 Act (in addition to the requirements of section 1(2)(a) to (d) of the 1983 Act); are–

(a) that it must contain–

(i) the note preceding Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations, and

(ii) the particulars mentioned in Part 1 of that Schedule (so far as not required by section 1(2)(a) to (d) of the 1983 Act) and Parts 2 and 4 of that Schedule; and

(b) that it will be in the form set out in that Schedule or a form substantially to the same effect.

Revocation

4. The Mobile Homes (Written Statement) Regulations 1983(5) are revoked in relation to Wales.

Jocelyn Davies

Under authority of the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers

5 November 2007

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE WRITTEN STATEMENT UNDER MOBILE HOMES ACT 1983

IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ THIS STATEMENT CAREFULLY AND KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE. IT SETS OUT THE TERMS ON WHICH YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO KEEP YOUR MOBILE HOMES ON SITE AND TELLS YOU ABOUT THE RIGHTS WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU BY LAW. IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU SHOULD GET ADVICE (FOR EXAMPLE FROM A SOLICITOR OR A CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU)

PART 1 Introductory Provisions and Express Terms (other than those specified in Part 5)

2004 (c. 34) and the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3151 (W.268));

  • Part 4 contains the supplementary provisions relevant to the site owner´s approval of a proposed purchaser of the mobile home or the family member to whom the mobile home is to be given, as set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act;

  • Part 5 is for any other express terms of the agreement.

  • These Regulations apply in relation to written statements given after 30 November 2007 as regards protected sites in Wales.

    (1)

    The functions of the National Assembly for Wales are vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedeule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Back [1]

    (2)

    1983 c. 34. Section 1 was substituted by section 206(1) of the Housing Act (c.34). In relation to Wales, the appropriate national authority is the National Assembly for Wales; see the definition of the "appropriate national authority" in section 5(1) of the 1983 Act, as amended by section 206(3) of the 2004 Act. Back [2]

    (3)

    For the definition of "mobile home", see section 5(1) of the Mobile Homes Act 1983. Back [3]

    (4)

    For the definition of "protected site", see section 5(1) of the Mobile Homes Act 1983. Back [4]

    (5)

    S.I. 1983/749. Back [5]

    (6)

    S.I. 1999/2083. Back [6]

    (7)

    For the definition of "qualifying body" see S.I. 1999/2083. Back [7]

    (8)

    S.I. 2007/3151 (W.268). Back [8]

    (9)

    For the meaning of "the court", see section 5(1) of the Mobile Homes Act 1983. Back [9]

    Amended by correction slip on 01 January 2008



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