Caravan
The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGRA - also known as the Construction Act) suggests that caravan:
(a) means a caravan within the meaning of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968); and
(b) includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;
Where the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 suggests that
“caravan” means any structure designed or adapted for human habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer) and any motor vehicle so designed or adapted, but does not include—
(a) any railway rolling stock which is for the time being on rails forming part of a railway system, or
(b) any tent;
see also articles mobile home, touring caravan and static caravan.
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