SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Duty of letting agents to publicise fees: financial penalties
Notice of intent
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1
Before imposing a financial penalty on a letting agent for a breach of a duty imposed by or under section 83, a local weights and measures authority must serve a notice on the agent of its proposal to do so (a “notice of intent”).
2
The notice of intent must be served before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the first day on which the authority has sufficient evidence of the agent's breach, subject to sub-paragraph (3).
3
If the agent is in breach of the duty on that day, and the breach continues beyond the end of that day, the notice of intent may be served—
a
at any time when the breach is continuing, or
b
within the period of 6 months beginning with the last day on which the breach occurs.
4
The notice of intent must set out—
a
the amount of the proposed financial penalty,
b
the reasons for proposing to impose the penalty, and
c
information about the right to make representations under paragraph 2.