Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART II E+W PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)

C2 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

Restriction on service charges E+W

[F1 50 Offences. E+W

(1) If a person fails without reasonable excuse to perform a duty imposed on him by section 48 . . . F2 (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 new town corporation, or

• the Development Board for Rural Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 45, 47, 48, 50, 51 repealed in relation to dwellings let on long leases by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 41(2)

F2 Words repealed by Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31, SIF 75:1), s. 61(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 6, Sch. 5

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 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

C4 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))

C5 Ss. 45-51 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(b)