Member

By way of reminder, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, helpfully asked how a landlord who was alleged by a local authority to have committed an offence could appeal. I explained that there are safeguards. If a civil penalty is issued, the landlord has a right to make representations to the local authority, as well as a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal, which would then determine on the evidence whether the applicant had acted recklessly. In cases of prosecution, it will be for the magistrates’ court to decide whether the accused has been reckless.