Outworkings of 2021 Review of Caravans Act (NI) 2011: Publication of Residential Caravan Fact Sheets
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The Department for Communities has a statutory duty to review the Caravans Act (NI) 2011 every five years and the review findings and recommendations were published in the Summary Report which was published in March 2023.
The 2011 Act is cross-cutting legislation with the Department for Communities having responsibility for the residential sector and Irish Travellers, the Department for the Economy having policy responsibility for the holiday sector, and the Department for Infrastructure having a role to prescribe the dimensions of structures to be regarded as caravans. Each Department was responsible for the outworkings of the recommendations within the Summary Report that related to their respective departmental remit.
Within the Summary Report the Department for Communities undertook to produce and publish easy read Fact Sheets relating to the legislative provisions that created the most concern or confusion during the 2021 Review in respect of the residential caravan sector. That work has completed, and Fact Sheets have been designed to give a concise overview of the obligations and responsibilities for both the residential caravan owner and the site owner/manager.
The Residential Caravan Fact Sheets can be viewed below.
Documents
- Residential Fact Sheet 1 - What you need to know before purchasing a residential caravan in Northern Ireland
- Residential Fact Sheet 2 - Written agreements - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 3 - Duration and termination of the agreement - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 4 - Recovery of overpayments - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 5 - Sale of caravan and % commission charged - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 6 - Gift of a caravan - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 7 - Re-siting of a residential caravan - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 8 - Quiet enjoyment of the residential caravan site and owners' right of the entry to the pitch - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 9 - Pitch fees - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 10 - Residential occupiers' and site owners' obligations
- Residential Fact Sheet 11 - Qualifying residents' associations - residential occupiers
- Residential Fact Sheet 12 - Provision of site owner's name and address - residential occupiers