Section 376 — Housing Act 1985: Penalty for failure to execute works.

Penalty for failure to execute works. 376 1 A person on whom a notice has been served under section 352, . . . or 372 (notices requiring the execution of works) who wilfully fails to comply with the notice commits a summary offence and is liable on conviciton to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

2 The obligation to execute the works specified in the notice continues notwithstanding the expiry of the period which under section 375(2) is appropriate for completion of the works in question ; and a person who wilfully fails to comply with that obligation, after being convicted of an offence in relation to the notice under subsection (1) or this subsection, commits a further summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

3 References in this section to compliance with a notice . . . shall be construed in accordance with section 375(2). 4 . . .

5 The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the exercise by the local housing authority of their power under section 375 to carry out the works themselves.