PART XIICommon Lodging Houses
Regulation of common lodging houses
408Offences.
1
It is a summary offence for a person—
a
to contravene or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Part;
b
being the registered keeper of a common lodging house, to fail to keep the premises suitably equipped for use as such;
c
to apply to be registered as the keeper of a common lodging house at a time when he is, under section 409, disqualified from being so registered; or
d
in an application for registration, or for the renewal of his registration, as the keeper of a common lodging house, to make a statement which he knows to be false.
2
A person committing such an offence is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale and, subject to subsection (3), to a further fine not exceeding £2 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.
3
The court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court and, where a court has fixed such a period, the daily penalty is not recoverable in respect of any day before the period expires.