Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8)

Part 7 S Housing: antisocial behaviour notices

Failure to comply with notice: sanctions S

79 Failure to comply with notice: offence S

(1) Where—

(a) a local authority serves an antisocial behaviour notice on a landlord under section 68(1) [F1 or (1A)]; and

(b) the landlord fails to take the action specified in the notice within the time so specified,

the landlord shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A landlord guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3) It shall be a defence for a landlord charged with an offence under subsection (1) to show that there was a reasonable excuse for the failure in question.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 79(1) inserted (12.3.2011) by The Antisocial Behaviour Notices (Houses Used for Holiday Purposes) (Scotland) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/201), arts. 1, 8