# Housing Act 2004, Section 236: Enforcement of powers to obtain information


(1) A person commits an offence if he fails to do anything required of him by a notice under section 235.
(2) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence that he had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice.
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) A person commits an offence if he intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which he has been required to produce by a notice under section 235.
(5) A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(6) In this section “document” includes information recorded otherwise than in legible form, and in relation to information so recorded—
(a) the reference to the production of a document is a reference to the production of a copy of the information in legible form, and
(b) the reference to suppressing a document includes a reference to destroying the means of reproducing the information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/section/236 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004/section-236
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