Regulation 8 Penalty for breach of the duty under regulation 6(1) or (1A)F2I1

Where a local housing authority is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that a landlord on whom it has served a remedial notice is in breach of the duty under regulation 6(1) F1or (1A), the authority may require the landlord to pay a penalty charge of such amount as the authority may determine.

The amount of the penalty charge must not exceed £5,000.

Where a local housing authority decides to impose a penalty charge, the authority must serve notice of that fact on the landlord (“a penalty charge notice”) within six weeks beginning with the day on which the authority is first satisfied under paragraph (1).