PART 4

Standards of housing
CHAPTER 1

Overcrowding

Overcrowding notices

Information notice: supplementary provisions
49
1
A person commits an offence if the person—
a
refuses or fails to provide information as required by an information notice, and
b
does not have a reasonable excuse for that refusal or failure.
2
A person commits an offence if—
a
the person provides information in response to an information notice,
b
the information is false or misleading in a material particular, and
c
the person knows that it is, or is reckless as to whether it is, false or misleading.
3
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
4
Information provided by a person in response to an information notice may be used in criminal proceedings as evidence against the person only where subsection (5) or (6) applies.
5
This subsection applies where the person is being prosecuted for an offence under Article 7 or 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statutory declarations and other false unsworn statements).
6
This subsection applies where the person is being prosecuted for any other offence and—
a
in giving evidence the person makes a statement inconsistent with the information provided in response to the notice, and
b
evidence relating to that information is adduced, or a question about it is asked, by or on behalf of the person.
S. 49 in operation at 1.4.2019 by S.R. 2019/39, art. 2 (with art. 3)