Provision of rent books

Offences.
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1
If the landlord of premises to which section 4(1) applies (premises occupied as a residence at a weekly rent) fails to comply with any relevant requirement of—
- section 4 (provision of rent book),
- section 5 (information to be contained in rent book), or
- section 6 (information to be supplied by companies),
he commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
2
If a person demands or receives rent on behalf of the landlord of such premises while any relevant requirement of—
- section 4 (provision of rent book), or
- section 5 (information to be contained in rent book),
- is not complied with, then, unless he shows he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to suspect that any such requirement had not been complied with, he commits a summary offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
3
If a person fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by section 6(2) (duty to forward request to landlord), he commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
4
If a default in respect of which—
a
a landlord is convicted under subsection (1), or
b
another person is convicted of an offence under subsection (3),
continues for more than 14 days after the conviction, the landlord or other person commits a further offence under that subsection in respect of the default.