PART 2REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 4ENFORCEMENT

Penalty

I161Representations

After section 50K of the Housing Act 1996 insert—

50LRepresentations

1

A pre-penalty warning must specify a period during which the registered social landlord may make representations to the Welsh Ministers.

2

The period must—

a

be a period of at least 28 days, and

b

begin with the date on which the registered social landlord receives the pre-penalty warning.

3

Representations may address—

a

whether a penalty should be imposed;

b

the amount of any penalty that may be imposed.

4

After the end of the period specified under subsection (1) the Welsh Ministers must—

a

consider any representations made, and

b

decide whether to impose a penalty.