Survey and examination
42Failure 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)”.