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1.—(1) Before imposing a financial penalty on a private landlord for a breach of a duty under regulation 3, a local housing authority must serve a notice on the private landlord of its intention 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 is satisfied, in accordance with regulation 11, that the private landlord is in breach (“the relevant day”), subject to sub-paragraph (3).
(3) If the breach continues beyond the end of the relevant 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.
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