# The Gipsy Encampments (District of Daventry) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/1832 · made 22 July 1992

This Order designates the District of Daventry as an area to which section 10 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.

Made under: Caravan Sites Act 1968

## Introductory text

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 22nd July 1992
Laid before Parliament 29th July 1992
Coming into force 19th August 1992
The Secretary of State, being satisfied that adequate provision is made in the area of the District of Daventry for the accommodation of gipsies residing in or resorting to that area, on the joint application of the councils of the County of Northamptonshire and the District of Daventry, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968(), and now vested in him(), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Gipsy Encampments (District of Daventry) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 19th August 1992.

## 2 

The area of the District of Daventry is designated as an area to which section 10 (prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated areas) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.

## Signature

Michael Howard
Secretary of State for the Environment
22nd July 1992

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the District of Daventry as an area to which section 10 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 applies.
It is an offence within a designated area for a gipsy to station a caravan for the purpose of residing for any period on any land within the boundaries of a highway, or on any other unoccupied land, or on any occupied land without the consent of the occupier.
Under section 11 of the Act (substituted by section 174 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980), unlawfully stationed caravans and their occupants may be removed by order of a magistrates' court.

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