Nabsim
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I think he is referring to the fact that trespass is now a criminal offence, anyone setting up an illegal encampment and not moving when asked or returning to it would be committing a criminal act. Of course it then comes to what’s the difference of someone stopping one night and the first night of any long stayers? You won’t know they are long stayers until a passage of time. There are criteria that need to be met if anyone missed it it can be found hereYes I read that part, and also wondered what was meant exactly myself.
First of all Robbie was not saying that staying in a Motorhome overnight was illegal.
This would in effect end all that he has achieved and worked hard for over the past years. He by definition would be encouraging us all to carry out an illegal act by promoting something if it was defined as illegal. He was referring to “habitation”,
and how this could be defined in law. And as I am no lawyer I leave such matters to others qualified in such jargon.
But this car park was subject to some long stayers. One van last year spent several weeks before moving from the car park. I think this is what Robbie meant by using the term habitation. Someone who inhabits an area could be subject to council tax, and water rates in Scotland. This is where I think he is coming from.
People in static caravans are subject to council tax and water rates. When you stay in a campsite the owners have to pay the local council, and this charge is part of the fees we pay. Hence why he mentions the transient nature of what we do.
In Scotland we pay our council tax and water rates as one integral payment, and your water rates are determined by your council tax band.
Once this carpark is set up by Fife country and coastal trust, there will be a maximum stay of two nights applied.
If you wish to contact Robbie for clarification, I have included his contact details.
But I can assure you Robbie has never done or stated anything that would require to be taken exception of towards us, exactly the opposite. He has worked tirelessly on our behalf, and on behalf of FCCT.
Police Crime and Sentencing Bill 2022