Housing (Control of Occupation) (Sark) (Amendment) Law, 2014
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The Housing (Control of Occupation) (Sark) (Amendment) Law, 2014
THE CHIEF PLEAS OF SARK, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 1st October, 2014, have approved the following provisions which, subject to the Sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, shall have force of law in the Island of Sark.
Amendments to 2011 Law.
1. (1) The Housing (Control of Occupation) (Sark) Law, 2011, as amended[a], is further amended as follows.
(2) In section 1(5), after "owner and any possessor of that dwelling" insert ", and upon any other person having a relevant interest therein of whom the Douzaine is reasonably aware,".
(3) Immediately after section 1(5), insert the following additional subsection –
" (5A) Any owner or possessor of a dwelling upon whom a notice is served pursuant to subsection (5) must, within 30 days of the service of such notice, notify the Douzaine of any other person having a relevant interest in that dwelling of whom the owner or possessor is reasonably aware, and failure without reasonable cause so to do shall constitute an offence punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding level 1 on the Sark uniform scale."
(4) In sections 4(1), 4(2), 4(3), 5(8), 6(1) and 8(1), for the words "possessor of" wherever they appear, substitute the words "person having a relevant interest in".
(5) In sections 4(2) and 4(3), for the word "possessor", in each case in the second place where it appears, substitute the words "person having a relevant interest".
(6) In section 11, immediately after the definition of ""owner" and "possessor"", insert the following additional definition –
"person having a relevant interest", in relation to any premises, means –
(a) any person who for the time being is the possessor of the premises, and
(b) any person who is not immediately entitled to occupy the premises but has, by virtue of a leasehold or other contractual interest therein, a right to control the occupation of the property,".
Interpretation.
2. (1) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948[b] applies to the interpretation of this Law.
(2) Any reference in this Law to an enactment is a reference thereto as from time to time amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.
Citation.
3. This Law may be cited as the Housing (Control of Occupation) (Sark) (Amendment) Law, 2014.
Commencement.
4. This Law shall come into force on the date of its registration on the records of the Island of Sark.