Section 209 — Housing Act 2004: Protected sites to include sites for gypsies

Protected sites to include sites for gypsies 209 1 Section 1 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (c. 52) (application of provisions for protection of residential occupiers of caravan sites) is amended as follows.

2 In subsection (2) (under which “ protected site ” includes certain local authority sites) for “paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to that Act (exemption of land occupied by local authorities) substitute “paragraph 11 or 11A of Schedule 1 to that Act (exemption of gypsy and other local authority sites)”.

3 The amendment made by subsection (2) above does not affect the operation of—

a section 2 of the Act (minimum length of notice) in relation to any notice given before the day on which this section comes into force, or b section 3 of the Act (protection from eviction) in relation to any conduct occurring before that day, or c section 4 of the Act (suspension of eviction orders) in relation to any proceedings begun before that day.

4 In subsection (3)(b) the reference to section 3 of the Act is to that section whether as amended by section 210 of this Act or otherwise.