{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/23",
  "legislation_title": "Registered Homes Act 1984 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Failure to affix certificate of registration.",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 5(6) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under section 23(6) above shall be liable on summary conviction—\n(a) to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale; and\n(b) subject to subsection (3) below, to a further fine not exceeding £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.\n(3) The court by which a person is convicted of an original offence under subsection (2) above may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance with any directions given by the court; and where the court has fixed such a period the daily penalty prescribed by that subsection shall not be recoverable in respect of any day before the expiry of that period.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/23/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:03:04.654679+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."
}