Section 249 — Housing Act 1985: Penalty for failure to notify, &c.

Penalty for failure to notify, &c. 249 1 A person who—

a fails without reasonable excuse to comply with an obligation imposed on him by section 247(2) or (3), or b without reasonable excuse carries out a disposal of land without having complied with the obligation imposed on him by section 247(4), or c in purporting to comply with an obligation imposed on him by section 247 knowingly or recklessly furnishes a notification which is false in a material particular, or d knowingly or recklessly omits from any such notification any information required to be contained in it by virtue of any provision of section 248, commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

2 The commission by a person of an offence under subsection (1) does not affect—

a in the case of a notification required by section 247(2) or (3) (notice to quit or expiry of tenancy), the date on which the tenancy expires;

b in the case of a notification required by section 247(4) (disposal of land), the validity of the disposal.