Power to require information for purposes of schemeN.I.
75N.—(1) The Executive may—
(a)for the purpose of ascertaining whether a house is registrable, and
(b)for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars to be entered in the register as regards a house,
require the person having control of the house or the person managing the house or any person who has an estate or interest in, or who lives in, the house to state in writing any information in his possession which the Executive may reasonably require for that purpose.
(2) A person who is required in pursuance of this Article to give information to the Executive, shall do so within 5 weeks of being notified of the requirement, or within such longer period as the Executive may allow.
(3) A person who, having been required in pursuance of this Article to give information to the Executive, fails to give the information, or knowingly makes a mis-statement in respect of it, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
(a)level 3 on the standard scale in the case of such a failure; or
(b)level 5 on the standard scale in the case of such a mis-statement.