Prospective

PART 4 E+W PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT VISITOR ACCOMMODATION

Advertising and marketing etc. E+W

44 Offences relating to advertising and marketing etc. of visitor accommodation E+W

(1) A person commits an offence if that perso‍n fails to comply with the requirement in section 43(1).

(2) A person commits an offence if that person fails to comply with the requirement in section 43(3).

(3) But a person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) or (2) if that person has a reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement in question.

(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (3), a person (“P”) has a reasonable excuse if—

(a) P took all reasonable steps to comply with the requirement in question;

(b) P did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that P was not complying with the requirement in question.

(5) A person that commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

(6) Where an act or omission is an offence under subsections (1) and (2), a person is liable to be prosecuted and punished under either of those subsections, but cannot be punished more than once for the same offence.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 44 in force at 4.3.2030, see s. 61(2)(b)