Housing Act 1985

350 Power to require information for purposes of scheme.E+W

(1)The local housing authority may—

(a)for the purpose of ascertaining whether a house . . . F1 is registrable, and

(b)for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars to be entered in the register as regards a house . . . F1,

require a person who has an estate or interest in, or who lives in, the house . . . F1 to state in writing any information in his possession which the authority may reasonably require for that purpose.

(2)A person who, having been required in pursuance of this section to give information to a local housing authority, fails to give the information, or knowingly makes a mis-statement in respect of it, commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

[F2(a)]level 2 on the standard scale [F3in the case of such a failure; or

(b)level 3 on the standard scale in the case of such a mis-statement].