Regulation 40 Breaches in relation to domestic PR property

(1)

The penalties set out in this regulation apply where L is, or was, the landlord of a domestic PR property.

(2)

Where L has breached regulation 23 and, at the time the penalty notice is served has, or had, been in breach for less than three months, the penalties are—

(a)

a financial penalty not exceeding £2,000, and

(b)

the publication penalty.

(3)

Where L has breached regulation 23 and, at the time the penalty notice is served has, or had, been in breach for three months or more, the penalties are—

(a)

a financial penalty not exceeding £4,000, and

(b)

the publication penalty.

(4)

Where L has registered false or misleading information under regulation 36(2), the penalties are—

(a)

a financial penalty not exceeding £1,000, and

(b)

the publication penalty.

(5)

Where L has failed to comply with a compliance notice in breach of regulation 37(4)(a), the penalties are—

(a)

a financial penalty not exceeding £2,000, and

(b)

the publication penalty.

(6)

Where an enforcement authority imposes financial penalties on L in relation to a breach of regulation 23 in respect of a domestic PR property—

(a)

under paragraph (2) or (3), and

(b)

under one or both of paragraphs (4) and (5),

the total of the financial penalties imposed on L must be no more than £5,000.