Civil penalties (landlords)

Civil penalties can be issued, instead of prosecuting, for the following offences:

• Failure to comply with an improvement notice (section 30 of the Housing Act 2004)
• Offences connected to licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004)
• Offences connected to licensing of Houses under part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 (section 95 of the Housing Act 2004)
• Offences of contravention of an overcrowding notice (section 139 of the Housing Act 2004)
• Failure to comply with management regulations connected to Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 234 of the Housing Act 2004)
• Breach of a Banning Order (section 21 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016)
• Breach of a duty of compliance under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020

A civil penalty will be issued for each individual breach of the management regulations for Houses in Multiple Occupation.