PART 2REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 4ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement notice

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After section 50F of the Housing Act 1996 insert—

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1

In the case of an enforcement notice given to a person other than the registered social landlord by virtue of section 50C(11), the Welsh Ministers may only—

a

exercise the power to issue a penalty notice to the person in accordance with the next group of sections, or

b

take steps to have the person prosecuted for the offence by reference to which the enforcement notice was given.

2

A person to whom an enforcement notice is given on the ground in Case 8 of section 50C may not be prosecuted for the offence by reference to which the enforcement notice was given unless the person fails to comply with the enforcement notice.