20Duty of landlord to inform tenant of particulars of allowance scheme
(1)It shall be the duty of a landlord of a house let to a private tenant—
(a)to apply to the local authority in whose district the house is situated for information about the allowance scheme made by them, and
(b)on receipt of that information, to furnish it to the tenant.
(2)The duty imposed on a landlord by subsection (1) above shall be performed in accordance with regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(3)Any landlord who refuses or wilfully neglects to perform a duty imposed on him by subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.
(4)Where an offence under subsection (3) above which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any negligence on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members this subsection shall apply in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if be were a director of the body corporate.
(5)Subsections (3) and (4) above do not apply to the Housing Corporation.