# Housing Act 1985, Section 350: Power to require information for purposes of scheme.

Extent: E+W

(1) The local housing authority may—
(a) for the purpose of ascertaining whether a house . . . is registrable, and
(b) for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars to be entered in the register as regards a house . . . ,
require the person having control of the house or the person managing the house or any person who has an estate or interest in, or who lives in, the house . . . to state in writing any information in his possession which the authority may reasonably require for that purpose.
(2) A person who, having been required in pursuance of this section to give information to a local housing authority, fails to give the information, or knowingly makes a mis-statement in respect of it, commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
(a) level 3 on the standard scale in the case of such a failure; or
(b) level 5 on the standard scale in the case of such a mis-statement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/350 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-350
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