Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. XI (ss. 345–400): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(4)
C2Pt. XI (ss. 345-400) applied (17.12.1996) by 1996 c. 53, s. 90(b); S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3 (with transitional, supplementary and saving provisions in arts. 5-8)
(1)The local housing authority may from time to time serve on the occupier of premises in respect of which an overcrowding notice is in force a notice requiring him to furnish them within seven days with a statement in writing giving any of the following particulars—
(a)the number of individuals who are, on a date specified in the notice, occupying any part of the premises as sleeping accommodation;
(b)the number of families or households to which those individuals belong;
(c)the names of those individuals and of the heads of each of those families or households;
(d)the rooms used by those individuals and families or households respectively.
(2)A person who—
(a)knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of such a notice, or
(b)furnishes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular,
commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1, in the case of such failure, level 3 on the standard scale and, in the case of furnishing such a statement, level 5 on the standard scale]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 364(2) substituted (3.3.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 78(4); S.I. 1997/350, art. 2