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Housing Act 1985

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Version Superseded: 03/03/1997

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376 Penalty for failure to execute works.E+W

(1)A person on whom a notice has been served under section 352, . . . F1 or 372 (notices requiring the execution of works) who wilfully fails to comply with the notice commits a summary offence and is liable on conviciton to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2)The obligation to execute the works specified in the notice continues notwithstanding [F2the expiry of the period which under section 375(2) is appropriate for completion of the works in question]; and a person who wilfully fails to comply with that obligation, after being convicted of an offence in relation to the notice under subsection (1) or this subsection, commits a further summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(3)References in this section to compliance with a notice . . . F3 shall be construed in accordance with section 375(2).

(4) . . . F4

(5)The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the exercise by the local housing authority of their power under section 375 to carry out the works themselves.

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