# The Mobile Homes (Selling and Gifting) (England) Regulations 2013, Regulation 7: Existing agreements: grounds on which site owner may apply for a refusal order

Extent: E+W

(1) The grounds prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 7B(7) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (sale of mobile home: existing agreements) are that, if the proposed occupier were to become the occupier, the proposed occupier or a person intending to reside with the proposed occupier would breach a pre-commencement rule or site rule—
(a) by reason of age;
(b) by keeping animals that are of a description specified in the rule;
(c) by parking vehicles on the site that are of a description specified in the rule; or
(d) by parking a number of vehicles on the site in excess of the number specified in the rule.
(2) The grounds prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 8B(7) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (gift of mobile home: existing agreements) are—
(a) the grounds mentioned in paragraph (1); or
(b) that the proposed occupier has failed to provide the owner with the relevant evidence (as defined by paragraph 8A(3) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act).
(3) In addition to the grounds prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), the grounds prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 7B(7) and 8B(7) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (sale or gift of mobile home: existing agreements) are that a relevant owner has a policy in place for the allocation of pitches on the site to gypsies and travellers, which a sale or gift to the proposed occupier would contravene.
(4) In paragraph (3) “relevant owner” means a private registered provider of social housing as defined by section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/981/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mobile-homes-selling-and-gifting-england-regulations-2013/regulation-7
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