Housing Act 1985

376 Penalty for failure to execute works.

(1) A person on whom a notice has been served under section 352, 366 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 that the period for compliance has expired; 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 and to the period for compliance shall be construed in accordance with section 375(2).

(4) No liability arises under subsection (1) if the local housing authority, on being notified in accordance with section 375(3) that the person on whom the notice was served is not able to do the work in question, serve notice that they propose to do the work and relieve him from liability under subsection (1).

(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.