F1Part XII

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F1

Pt. XII (ss. 401-416) repealed (3.3.1997) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 80, 227, Sch. 19 Pt. II; S.I. 1997/350, art. 2; S.I. 1997/596, art. 2

Regulation of common lodging houses

408 Offences.

1

It is a summary offence for a person—

a

to contravene or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Part;

b

being the registered keeper of a common lodging house, to fail to keep the premises suitably equipped for use as such;

c

to apply to be registered as the keeper of a common lodging house at a time when he is, under section 409, disqualified from being so registered; or

d

in an application for registration, or for the renewal of his registration, as the keeper of a common lodging house, to make a statement which he knows to be false.

2

A person committing such an offence is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 2 on the standard scale and, subject to subsection (3), to a further fine not exceeding F3one-tenth of the amount corresponding to that level for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.

3

The court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court and, where a court has fixed such a period, the daily penalty is not recoverable in respect of any day before the period expires.