(1)The local authority may, for the purpose of enabling them to discharge their duties under this Part, serve notice on the occupier of a house requiring him to give them within 14 days a written statement of the number, ages and sexes of the persons sleeping in the house.
(2)The occupier shall be guilty of an offence if—
(a)he makes default in complying with the requirement, or
(b)he gives a statement which to his knowledge is false in a material particular,
and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.