# Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act 1868, Section 36: Penalty for preventing Execution of Act.


If the Occupier of any Premises prevents the Owner thereof, or if the Owner or Occupier of any Premises prevents the Officer of Health, or their Officers, Agents, Servants, or Workmen, from carrying into effect with respect to the Premises any of the Provisions of this Act, after Notice of the Intention so to do has been given to the Occupier, or, as the Case shall be, to the Owner, any Justice on Proof thereof may make an Order in Writing requiring the Occupier to permit the Owner, or, as the Case shall be, requiring the Owner or Occupier, or both, to permit the Officer of Health, or the Local Authority, and their Officers, Agents, Servants, and Workmen, to do all things requisite for carrying into effect with respect to the Premises the Provisions of this Act; and if at the Expiration of Ten Days after the Service of such Order of the Justice the Occupier or Owner fails to comply therewith, every Person so offending shall for every Day during which the Failure continues forfeit not exceeding Twenty Pounds : Provided that during any such Failure by the Occupier the Owner, unless assenting thereto, shall not be liable to the Forfeiture.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/130/section/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/artizans-and-labourers-dwellings-act-1868/section-36
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