(1)Subject to the next following subsection, it shall be the duty of the person in charge of an establishment to send to the local authority or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State such particulars of the establishment and the persons accommodated or to be accommodated therein as the Secretary of State may from time to time prescribe, and the Secretary of State may prescribe different particulars for different classes of establishments.
(2)A person in charge of an establishment shall comply with the provisions of the foregoing subsection—
(a)within three months from the date on which the establishment was first carried on; and
(b)in every year (other than the year in which the establishment was first carried on) before such date as may be prescribed.
(3)Where the Secretary of State varies the prescribed particulars to be furnished under subsection (1) of this section as respects establishments, then—
(a)the person in charge of an establishment shall send the prescribed particulars to the local authority or, as the case may be, to the Secretary of State within three months from the date of the variation; and
(b)as respects an establishment which was first carried on before, but not more than three months before, the date of the variation, paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection shall not apply; and
(c)paragraph (b) of the foregoing subsection shall not apply as respects the year in which the variation is made.
(4)A person who fails to furnish particulars in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale] and to a further fine not exceeding two pounds in respect of each day during which the failure continues after conviction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54)