3 Issue of site licences by local authorities

3  Issue of site licences by local authorities

(1)     An application for the issue of a site licence in respect of any land may be made by the occupier thereof to the local authority in whose area the land is situated.

(2)     An application under this section shall be in writing and shall specify the land in respect of which the application is made; and the applicant shall, either at the time of making the application or subsequently, give to the local authority such [other information as they may reasonably require].

[(2A)     A local authority in England may require a relevant protected site application in respect of land in their area to be accompanied by a fee fixed by the authority.]

(3)     A local authority may on an application under this section issue a site licence in respect of the land if, and only if, the applicant is, at the time when the site licence is issued, entitled to the benefit of a permission for the use of the land as a caravan site granted under Part III of the Act of 1947 otherwise than by a development order.

(4)     If at the date when the applicant duly gives the [information

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