PART 2REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 4ENFORCEMENT
Penalty
I161Representations
After section 50K of the Housing Act 1996 insert—
50LRepresentations
1
A pre-penalty warning must specify a period during which the registered social landlord may make representations to the Welsh Ministers.
2
The period must—
a
be a period of at least 28 days, and
b
begin with the date on which the registered social landlord receives the pre-penalty warning.
3
Representations may address—
a
whether a penalty should be imposed;
b
the amount of any penalty that may be imposed.
4
After the end of the period specified under subsection (1) the Welsh Ministers must—
a
consider any representations made, and
b
decide whether to impose a penalty.