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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-england-regulations-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780111191934",
  "legislation_title": "The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-england-regulations-2020",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Notice of intent",
  "text": "(1) Before imposing a financial penalty on a private landlord for a breach of a duty under regulation 3, a local housing authority must serve a notice on the private landlord of its intention to do so (a “notice of intent”).\n(2) The notice of intent must be served before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the first day on which the authority is satisfied, in accordance with regulation 11, that the private landlord is in breach (“the relevant day”), subject to sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) If the breach continues beyond the end of the relevant day, the notice of intent may be served—\n(a) at any time when the breach is continuing; or\n(b) within the period of 6 months beginning with the last day on which the breach occurs.\n(4) The notice of intent must set out—\n(a) the amount of the proposed financial penalty;\n(b) the reasons for proposing to impose the penalty; and\n(c) information about the right to make representations under paragraph 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111191934/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:59:13.940207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}