{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-127",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-127.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "section/127",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "127",
  "heading": "Offence of contravening an overcrowding notice: level of fine",
  "text": "(1) Section 139 of the Housing Act 2004 (overcrowding notices) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (7), omit “and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale”.\n(3) After subsection (7) insert—\n“(7A) A person who commits an offence under subsection (7) in relation to premises in England is liable on summary conviction to a fine.\n(7B) A person who commits an offence under subsection (7) in relation to premises in Wales is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/127",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:11.976723+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."
}