Caravan Parks Act 2012

In this Act:

1 days notice means notice for a period that includes at least 1 business day.

Example

If a notice is given on a

Wednesday.

agent, in relation to an operator, includes an employee of the operator.

agreement property means:

if the agreement is a caravan park site agreement – the site provided under the agreement and things on the site, including, for

example, any garden and garden watering system; or

if the agreement is a caravan and park site agreement – the caravan (including any chattels and fixtures), the site provided under the agreement and things on the site, including, for example, any garden and garden watering system.

bond means a provision of a caravan park agreement under which a resident is required to give a security deposit to ensure the resident's performance of obligations under the agreement.

business day means a day other than a Saturday or

Sunday or a public holiday.

caravan, see section 5.

caravan and park site agreement, see section 6(4).

caravan park means an area of land used in either or both of the following ways:

as a complex of sites and caravans, for which rights of occupancy are conferred under various caravan park agreements, together with common areas including bathrooms, toilets and laundry facilities;

as a complex of sites for which rights of occupancy are conferred under various caravan park agreements, together with common areas that may, but need not, include bathrooms, toilets and laundry facilities.

caravan park agreement, see section 6(1).

caravan park rules means rules for a caravan park made under section 139 and, if amended under section 140, as amended.

caravan park site agreement, see section 6(2).

caravan site, in relation to a caravan park, includes:

the area of land on which a caravan is situated or may be placed;

and

adjoining areas of land set aside or available for the exclusive use of a person occupying the caravan on, or to be placed on, the site.

change date, see section 178(4).

CPRT Account means the fund mentioned in section 21(1).

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Tenancies under section 13 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1999.

common areas, in a caravan park, means the facilities, buildings, roads or other areas in the park provided for common use by persons living or staying in the park.

Examples of facilities for common use

Bathrooms, laundries, recreational areas, BBQ areas and swimming pools.

condition report, see section 33(1).

continuation, in relation to an occupancy to which a caravan park agreement relates, includes an extension or renewal of the occupancy (however described) and whether the continuation is a fixed term occupancy or periodic occupancy.

emergency repairs, see section 76(2)

excluded agreement, see section 10(6).

fixed term occupancy means an occupancy for a fixed term specified in the caravan park agreement.

key, in relation to a lock, includes a code and sensor pass.

lock includes any security device.

long term occupant, see section 178.

mobile home means a type of a structure designed for use for residential purposes but not designed to be required to be permanently attached to land.

notice of termination means a notice of termination under this Act that is in the form required under section 117.

occupancy, in relation to a caravan park agreement, resident or operator, means:

if the agreement is a caravan park site agreement – the right of a resident to place a caravan on the caravan site and reside in the caravan and otherwise occupy the caravan site; or

if the agreement is a caravan and park site agreement – the right of a resident to reside in a caravan on the caravan site and otherwise occupy the caravan site.

occupancy dispute means a dispute between a resident and an operator about the occupancy under a caravan park agreement.

operator, see section 7.

order for possession of agreement property, in relation to a caravan park agreement, includes an order for the removal of a caravan placed on the agreement property other than by the operator.

periodic occupancy means an occupancy that is not a fixed term occupancy.

permitted repairs, see section 73.

prescribed, in relation to information or particulars, means information or particulars as prescribed by regulation.

prescribed account means an account kept at:

an ADI; or

a statutory corporation of the Territory.

rent means an amount payable under a caravan park agreement in relation to the occupancy of a caravan, caravan site or both for a period specified in the agreement, including, for example, payments payable by a resident to the operator under sections 133 and 134.

resident, see section 8.

security deposit means an amount of money paid, or required to be paid, in accordance with a bond.

separate charge, see section 133(1).

Tribunal means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.