PART 4Standards of housing

CHAPTER 1Overcrowding

Overcrowding notices

I149Information notice: supplementary provisions

1

A person commits an offence if the person—

a

refuses or fails to provide information as required by an information notice, and

b

does not have a reasonable excuse for that refusal or failure.

2

A person commits an offence if—

a

the person provides information in response to an information notice,

b

the information is false or misleading in a material particular, and

c

the person knows that it is, or is reckless as to whether it is, false or misleading.

3

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

4

Information provided by a person in response to an information notice may be used in criminal proceedings as evidence against the person only where subsection (5) or (6) applies.

5

This subsection applies where the person is being prosecuted for an offence under Article 7 or 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statutory declarations and other false unsworn statements).

6

This subsection applies where the person is being prosecuted for any other offence and—

a

in giving evidence the person makes a statement inconsistent with the information provided in response to the notice, and

b

evidence relating to that information is adduced, or a question about it is asked, by or on behalf of the person.