Section: Travellers and Gypsies
New Regulations
Source: Office of Public Sector Information
The Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006 SI 1968
Section 2 of the Housing Act 1996 specifies the three types of body that are eligible for registration as a social landlord and the conditions of eligibility. For those social landlords that are societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 and companies registered under the Companies Act 1985, it is a condition of eligibility that their purposes or objects are restricted to those set out in section 2. Section 2(7) allows the Secretary of State to add to those purposes or objects.
This Order adds to those purposes or objects the provision, construction, improvement or management of caravan sites for gypsies and travellers, and the provision of services to those sites. Article 3 of the Order defines "caravan" for the purposes of the Order.
Information Note
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in connection with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Department for Communities and Local Government, Gypsy and Traveller Unit (tel.: 020 7944 3565).
Human Rights Act
In July 2006, the Department for Constitutional Affairs published Review of the Implementation of the Human Rights Act. It provides a useful review of the interpretation of the Act by the Courts and seeks to dispel myths relating to the impact of the Act, including on Gypsy and Traveller issues.
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