# Housing (Wales) Act 2014, Section 38: Enforcement of powers to obtain information


(1) A person who fails to do anything required of that person by a notice under section 37 commits an offence.
(2) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence that the person 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 4 on the standard scale.
(4) A person who intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which the person has been required to produce by a notice under section 37 commits an offence.
(5) A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction 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/anaw/2014/7/section/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-wales-act-2014/section-38
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