Section 408 Offences.

England and Wales

(1)

It is a summary offence for a person—

(a)

to contravene or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Part;

(b)

being the registered keeper of a common lodging house, to fail to keep the premises suitably equipped for use as such;

(c)

to apply to be registered as the keeper of a common lodging house at a time when he is, under section 409, disqualified from being so registered; or

(d)

in an application for registration, or for the renewal of his registration, as the keeper of a common lodging house, to make a statement which he knows to be false.

(2)

A person committing such an offence is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 2 on the standard scale and, subject to subsection (3), to a further fine not exceeding F2one-tenth of the amount corresponding to that level for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.

(3)

The court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court and, where a court has fixed such a period, the daily penalty is not recoverable in respect of any day before the period expires.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(1), Sch. 11 para. 75(a)
F2: Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(1), Sch. 11 para. 75(b)

Notes on Part XII

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. XII (ss. 401-416) repealed (3.3.1997) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 80, 227, Sch. 19 Pt. II; S.I. 1997/350, art. 2; S.I. 1997/596, art. 2