Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 No. 22

Houses in multiple occupation

Houses in multiple occupation: increase in fine for failure to register

11.—(1) In Article 75L of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 15) (offences in connection with registration scheme for houses in multiple occupation) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) A person who commits an offence under this Article consisting of a contravention of a provision included in a registration scheme by virtue of Article 75C(1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20,000.”.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an offence committed before the date on which this section comes into operation.