Part 5Enforcement
Planning contravention notices
134Penalties for non-compliance with planning contravention notice
1
If, at any time after the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which a planning contravention notice has been served on any person, that person has not complied with any requirement of the notice, that person shall be guilty of an offence.
2
An offence under subsection (1) may be charged by reference to any day or longer period of time and a person may be convicted of a second or subsequent offence under that subsection by reference to any period of time following the preceding conviction for such an offence.
3
It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that that person had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the requirement.
4
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
5
If any person—
a
makes any statement purporting to comply with a requirement of a planning contravention notice which that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
b
recklessly makes such a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
that person shall be guilty of an offence.
6
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.