PART 2

REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 4

ENFORCEMENT

Penalty

Enforcement
62
After section 50L of the Housing Act 1996 insert—

Enforcement
50M
1
A penalty is to be treated as a debt owed to the Welsh Ministers.
2
The Welsh Ministers may—
a
charge interest on a penalty not paid during the period specified under section 50I(2)(d);
b
impose one or more additional penalties where a penalty is not paid during that period.
3
Interest and additional penalty are to be treated as penalty (and may have the effect of increasing the penalty above a limit set by section 50J).
4
A penalty notice may include provision allowing a discount if the penalty is paid on or before a date specified in the notice (falling within the period specified under section 50I(2)(d)).
5
A person to whom a penalty notice is given on the ground in Case 5 of section 50H may not be prosecuted for the offence by reference to which the penalty notice was given.
S. 62 in force at 18.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(l)