# Renting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019, Section 11: Offence of failing to comply with a notice under section 10


(1) It is an offence for a person to fail to do anything required of the person by a notice under section 10.
(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) It is an offence for a person to intentionally alter, suppress or destroy any document which the person has been required to produce by a notice under section 10.
(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 in subsection (4) 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 in that subsection 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/2019/2/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-fees-discrimination-etc-wales-act-2019/section-11
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