179Application of Act if long term occupant not resident

179 Application of Act if long term occupant not resident (1) If, before the change date for a long term occupant, the person was not a resident, Parts 10, 14, 15 and 17 apply to the person when he or she becomes a long term occupant as if: (a) the long term occupant were a resident; and (b) the arrangement or excluded agreement were a caravan park agreement that is: (i) if the long term occupant's rights at the change date were a right to occupy a caravan and caravan site – a caravan and park site agreement; or (ii) if the long term occupant's right at the change date were a right to occupy a caravan site – a caravan park site agreement; and (c) the right of occupancy is a periodic occupancy; and (d) the property as occupied by the long term occupant at the change date for the occupant is the agreement property. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 179 or regulations about long term occupancies. (3) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in section 10.