PART XI HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
Registration schemes
F1348G Offences in connection with registration schemes.
(1)
A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of a registration scheme commits an offence.
(2)
A person who commits an offence under this section consisting of a contravention of so much of control provisions as relates—
(a)
to occupation to a greater extent than permitted under those provisions of a house which is not registered, or
(b)
to occupation of a house which is registered by more households or persons than the registration permits,
is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(3)
A person who commits an offence under this section consisting of a contravention of so much of special control provisions as requires all reasonably practicable steps to be taken to comply with an occupancy direction is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4)
A person who commits any other offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.