PART 2REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 3REGULATION
Survey and examination
I142Failure to give notice to occupiers
1
Amend section 37 of the Housing Act 1996 (power to enter premises to carry out survey and examination) as follows.
2
In subsection (3)—
a
the second sentence of the existing provision becomes subsection (3A),
b
in subsection (3A), for “who fails to do so” substitute “
who fails, without reasonable excuse, to give the required notice in relation to premises in Wales
”
, and
c
after subsection (3A) insert—
3B
A landlord who fails to give the required notice in relation to premises in England commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
3
In subsection (4), for “(3)” substitute “
(3A) or (3B)
”
.