NCC Best Practice Guidance 03.2023 - Flipbook - Page 8
NCC BEST PRACTICE GUIDANCE
For Holiday Parks with
Holiday Caravans/Holiday Lodges
in Private Ownership
MEANING OF WORDS – continued
Purchase Agreement
Standard
The written agreement (contract) between you,
The standard of best practice that park owners/
the holiday caravan/holiday lodge owner, and
operators should apply in their marketing and
the park owner/operator on the purchase of a
selling of holiday caravans/holiday lodges to
holiday caravan/holiday lodge on the park. See
consumers. It also applies to all dealings with
meaning of Combined Purchase and Licence
prospective holiday caravan/holiday lodge
Agreement above.
owners, who are consumers and subsequently
become owners, throughout the duration of the
RPI (Inflation)
licence to occupy a pitch.
This is the movement of the General Index of
Retail Prices (RPI) published by the Office of
Transfer Fee
National Statistics. It measures the average
The payment to be made to the park owner/
change from month to month in the prices
operator by the seller, if the holiday caravan/
of goods and services purchased by most
holiday lodge owner sells the holiday
households in the UK. It is acknowledged that
caravan/holiday lodge privately on the pitch
RPI is one of two external measures that can be
and the park owner/operator issues a new
used. If it becomes impossible to use RPI (e.g.
Combined Purchase and Licence Agreement to
because it is subsequently withdrawn) then
a new holiday caravan/holiday lodge owner.
future pitch fee increases should be in line with
the Consumer Price Index.
Vulnerable Consumer
Refers to any situation in which an individual
Site Licence
may be unable to engage fully or effectively in a
The Site Licence applicable to the park issued
market. As a result, they may be at a particularly
to the park owner/operator by the local
high risk of not getting a fair deal or being
authority under section 1 of the Caravan Sites
exploited.
and Control of Development Act 1960.
Warranty
Taken to include the manufacturer’s warranty
and any extension offered by the seller of a new
holiday caravan/holiday lodge. It also includes
any warranty offered by the park owner/operator
on a pre-owned holiday caravan/holiday lodge.
Working Days
Does not include weekends or Bank Holidays.
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