PART II

PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION

Restriction on service charges

Offences.
50
1
If a person fails without reasonable excuse to perform a duty imposed on him by section 48 . . .
(provision of information, &c.), he commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply where the payee is—
- a local authority . . . ,
- a
development
corporation,
. . .
- or
the Welsh Ministers
. . ..
Ss. 45, 47, 48, 50, 51 repealed in relation to dwellings let on long leases by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 41(2)
S. 47, 48, 50, 51, Pt. IV(ss. 79–117) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22 and 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61
Ss. 45-51 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 21(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
Ss. 45-51 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(b)
Words repealed by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 6, Sch. 5
Word in s. 50(2) repealed (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), arts. 4, 6, Sch. 1 para. 7(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
Words in s. 50(2) substituted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), arts. 4, 6, Sch. 1 para. 7(b) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
Words in s. 50(2) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
Words in s. 50(2) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), arts. 4, 6, Sch. 1 para. 7(c) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)
Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)
Pt. II (ss. 8-57) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9(4)(a); S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I