PART 4Standards of housing
CHAPTER 4Further provision about notices under this Part
I160Offences
1
A person commits an offence if the person—
a
contravenes a requirement in an overcrowding notice, and
b
does not have a reasonable excuse for doing so.
2
A person commits an offence if the person—
a
contravenes a general occupancy requirement or a new residents' occupancy requirement in a suitability notice, and
b
does not have a reasonable excuse for doing so.
3
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction—
a
to a fine not exceeding £20,000, and
b
to a further fine not exceeding £50 for every day or part of a day after conviction on which the person contravenes the requirement in question.
4
A person commits an offence if the person—
a
knows that a hazard notice has become operative in relation to any specified premises,
b
uses the premises, or permits the premises to be used, in contravention of the notice, and
c
does not have a reasonable excuse for so using the premises or (as the case may be) permitting them to be so used.
5
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction—
a
to a fine not exceeding £20,000, and
b
to a further fine not exceeding £50 for every day or part of a day after conviction on which the person so uses the premises or permits them to be so used.
6
If the owner of an HMO fails to carry out work specified in a works requirement in a hazard notice by the date specified in relation to that work, the owner commits an offence.
7
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
I261Further provision
Schedule5 makes further provision about notices under this Part.