Housing Act 2004, Section 236 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A person commits an offence if he fails to do anything required of him by a notice under section 235.
(2)In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence that he had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice.
(3)A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4)A person commits an offence if he intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which he has been required to produce by a notice under section 235.
(5)A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(6)In this section “document” includes information recorded otherwise than in legible form, and in relation to information so recorded—
(a)the reference to the production of a document is a reference to the production of a copy of the information in legible form, and
(b)the reference to suppressing a document includes a reference to destroying the means of reproducing the information.
Commencement Information
I1S. 236 wholly in force at 16.6.2006; s. 236 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 270(4)(5); s. 236 in force for E. at 6.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); s. 236 in force for W. at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)
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