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Changes over time for: Section 249


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249 Penalty for failure to notify, &c.E+W
(1)A person who—
(a)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with an obligation imposed on him by section 247(2) or (3), or
(b)without reasonable excuse carries out a disposal of land without having complied with the obligation imposed on him by section 247(4), or
(c)in purporting to comply with an obligation imposed on him by section 247 knowingly or recklessly furnishes a notification which is false in a material particular, or
(d)knowingly or recklessly omits from any such notification any information required to be contained in it by virtue of any provision of section 248,
commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2)The commission by a person of an offence under subsection (1) does not affect—
(a)in the case of a notification required by section 247(2) or (3) (notice to quit or expiry of tenancy), the date on which the tenancy expires;
(b)in the case of a notification required by section 247(4) (disposal of land), the validity of the disposal.
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