Paragraph 2

Where a person is requested by a F1localauthority to supply information under any provision included in regulations under paragraph 2, 3, 9 or 10(2) of Schedule 2 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to this Act, the authority may impose a penalty of £50 on him if—

Where a person is requested by a local authority to supply information under any provision included in regulations under paragraph 4(5B) of Schedule 2, the authority may impose on the person a penalty not exceeding £500 if—

In any case where—

the authority may impose a penalty of £50 on him.

A local authority may impose on a person a penalty not exceeding £500 in any case where—

Where a penalty has been imposed on a person under sub-paragraph (1) F5or (1A) above and he is requested by the authority again to supply the same information under the same provision, the authority may impose a further penalty of £200F6, or of an amount not exceeding £500 if the request is under any provision included in regulations under paragraph 4(5B) of Schedule 2, on him if—

Sub-paragraph (3) above applies each time the authority repeats a request.

A penalty under this paragraph shall be paid to the authority imposing it.

If, after the imposition of a penalty under this paragraph but before the making of an appeal under paragraph 3 below against that imposition, the l ocalauthority are satisfied that the person upon whom the penalty was imposed had a reasonable excuse for his failure, they may revoke the imposition of the penalty.