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Session 2012 - 13
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House of Commons

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Mobile Homes Bill

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

3

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  after ‘means’, insert ‘, subject to subsection (8),’

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

4

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  21,  after ‘conditions.’, insert—

‘(8)
For the purpose of determining whether an application for a site licence is a

relevant protected site application, any part of the application which is for the

licence to permit the stationing of a caravan on the land for human habitation all

year round is to be ignored if, were the application to be granted, the caravan

would be so authorised to be occupied by—

(a)
the occupier, or

(b)
a person employed by the occupier but who does not occupy the caravan

under an agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies (see

section 1(1) of that Act).’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

5

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  25,  after ‘licence’, insert ‘is, subject to subsection (6)’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

6

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out ‘is’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

7

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘is’.

Public Bill Committee: 27 November 2012
10

Mobile Homes Bill, continued

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

8

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  29,  after ‘habitation.’, insert—

‘(6)
For the purpose of determining whether land is a relevant protected site, any

provision of the relevant planning permission or of the site licence which permits

the stationing of a caravan on the land for human habitation all year round is to

be ignored if the caravan is so authorised to be occupied by—

(a)
the occupier, or

(b)
a person employed by the occupier but who does not occupy the caravan

under an agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies (see

section 1(1) of that Act).’.

Peter Aldous

Don Foster

9

Clause  5,  page  11,  line  5,  leave out from ‘served’ to end of line 7 and insert ‘—

(a)
in the case of action under section 9D, before the end of the

period of two months beginning with the date on which the

action is completed;

(b)
in the case of emergency action under section 9E—

(i)
before the end of the period of two months beginning

with the earliest date (if any) on which a charge may be

imposed in accordance with subsection (4), or

(ii)
if the action has not been completed by the end of that

period, before the end of the period of two months

beginning with the date on which the action is

completed.’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

10

Clause  7,  page  13,  line  23,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr Christopher Chope

Mrs Eleanor Laing

2

Clause  10,  page  19,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
Paragraph 7A(2) shall not apply if the occupier of the mobile home is on a site

where—

(a)
there is a residents’ association with members drawn from a majority of

the mobile homes on the site; and

(b)
the residents’ association has determined that instead of the provisions of

paragraph 7A(2) sub-paragraph (2B) shall apply.

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Mobile Homes Bill, continued

(2B)
Any person to whom the occupier intends to sell the mobile home or to assign the

agreement shall be approved by the site owner whose approval shall not be

unreasonably withheld.’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

11

Clause  10,  page  19,  line  34,  leave out ‘only’ and insert ‘without the approval of the

owner’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

12

Clause  10,  page  20,  leave out from beginning of line 12 to ‘information’ in line 13 and

insert ‘such’.

Mr Christopher Chope

Mrs Eleanor Laing

1

Clause  10,  page  20,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(11)
Paragraph 7B shall not apply if the occupier of the mobile home is on a site

where—

(a)
there is a residents’ association with members drawn from a majority of

the mobile homes on the site; and

(b)
that residents’ association has determined that instead of the provisions

of paragraph 7A(2) subparagraph (2B) shall apply.

(12)
Any person to whom the occupier intends to sell the mobile home or to assign the

agreement shall be approved by the site owner whose approval shall not be

unreasonably withheld.’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

13

Clause  10,  page  22,  line  44,  leave out ‘only’ and insert ‘without the approval of the

owner’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

14

Clause  10,  page  23,  leave out line 20.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

15

Clause  11,  page  24,  line  45,  after ‘land’, insert ‘which is occupied or controlled by

the owner’.

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Mobile Homes Bill, continued

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

16

Clause  11,  page  25,  line  40,  leave out from ‘fee)’ to the end of line 46 and insert ‘—

(a)
before sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(A1)
In the case of a protected site in England, unless this would be

unreasonable having regard to paragraph 18(1), there is a

presumption that the pitch fee shall increase or decrease by a

percentage which is no more than any percentage increase or

decrease in the retail prices index calculated by reference only

to—

(a)
the latest index, and

(b)
the index published for the month which was 12

months before that to which the latest index relates.

    (A2)
In sub-paragraph (A1), “the latest index”—

(a)
in a case where the owner serves a notice under

paragraph 17(2), means the last index published

before the day on which that notice is served;

(b)
in a case where the owner serves a notice under

paragraph 17(6), means the last index published

before the day by which the owner was required to

serve a notice under paragraph 17(2).”, and

(b)
in sub-paragraph (1), at the beginning insert “In the case of a protected

site in Wales,”.’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

17

Clause  11,  page  26,  line  4,  leave out ‘since the last review date’ and insert

‘calculated in accordance with paragraph 20(A1)’.

Peter Aldous

Mr Don Foster

18

Clause  11,  page  26,  leave out lines 12 to 15.



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