Part X Enforcement Officers and Powers

Improvement notices and prohibition notices

C1C9C7C15C2C16C12C3C13C18C17C5C14C6C20C11C10C8C4C19266 Offences.

1

Any person who contravenes any requirement imposed by an improvement notice shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

b

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

2

Any person who contravenes any prohibition imposed by a prohibition notice shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

b

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.

3

It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he exercised all due diligence to avoid a contravention of the requirement or prohibition in question.

4

In this section any reference to an improvement notice or a prohibition notice includes a reference to any such notice as modified under section 264(3).