C1Part 2Regulation of Social Housing

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Chapter 7Enforcement powers

Penalty

234Enforcement

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A penalty shall be treated as a debt owed to the regulator.

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The Treasury may make regulations authorising the regulator—

a

to charge interest on penalty not paid during the period specified under section 228(2)(d);

b

to impose one or more additional penalties where a penalty is not paid during that period.

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Interest and additional penalty shall be treated as penalty (and may have the effect of increasing the penalty above a limit set by section 229).

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Regulations under subsection (2)(a) may provide for an interest rate to be—

a

set by a specified person, or

b

determined in accordance with the regulations.

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A penalty notice may include provision allowing a discount if the penalty is paid on or before a date specified in the notice (falling within the period specified under section 228(2)(d)).

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A person to whom a penalty notice is given on the ground in Case 6 of section 227 may not be prosecuted for the offence by reference to which the penalty notice was given.