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The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992
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Enforcement of Article 19N.I.
20.—(1) All persons who are directly concerned with the conduct and management of the affairs of a registered housing association and are in that capacity responsible for the preparation and audit of accounts shall have the duty to ensure that Article 19 is complied with by the association.
(2) If—
(a)the accounts of a registered housing association, as furnished to the Department under Article 19(3), do not comply with the accounting requirements laid down under paragraph (1) of that Article; [F1or]
(b)Article 19(3) is not complied with in respect of the accounts and auditor's report; F2. . .
(c)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the association as well as each of the persons on whom the above duty is imposed shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) It is a defence—
(a)for a person charged under paragraph (2) to prove that he did everything that could reasonably have been expected of him by way of discharging the duty imposed by paragraph (1); and
(b)for an association charged under paragraph (2) to prove that the persons mentioned in paragraph (1) did everything that could reasonably have been expected of them by way of discharging the duty imposed by paragraph (1) in relation to the association.
(4) No proceedings for an offence under this Article shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland or the Department.
F1Word in art. 20(2)(a) inserted (30.6.2011) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 22), ss. 17(2)(a), 25(1); S.R. 2011/241, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F2Art. 20(2)(c) and preceding word repealed (30.6.2011) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 22), ss. 17(2)(b), 24, 25(1), Sch.; S.R. 2011/241, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
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