Section 408 — Housing Act 1985: Offences.

Offences. 408 1 It is a summary offence for a person—

a to contravene or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Part;

b being the registered keeper of a common lodging house, to fail to keep the premises suitably equipped for use as such;

c to apply to be registered as the keeper of a common lodging house at a time when he is, under section 409, disqualified from being so registered; or d in an application for registration, or for the renewal of his registration, as the keeper of a common lodging house, to make a statement which he knows to be false.

2 A person committing such an offence is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale and, subject to subsection (3), to a further fine not exceeding one-tenth of the amount corresponding to that level for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.

3 The court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court and, where a court has fixed such a period, the daily penalty is not recoverable in respect of any day before the period expires.