PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING
Information
38Enforcement of powers to obtain information
1
A person who fails to do anything required of that person by a notice under section 37 commits an offence.
2
In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence that the person had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice.
3
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
4
A person who intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which the person has been required to produce by a notice under section 37 commits an offence.
5
A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
6
In this section “document” includes information recorded otherwise than in legible form, and in relation to information so recorded—
a
the reference to the production of a document is a reference to the production of a copy of the information in legible form, and
b
the reference to suppressing a document includes a reference to destroying the means of reproducing the information.