We have the power to issue a financial penalty for certain housing offences as an alternative to prosecution.
The civil penalties option can be used for the following offences:
- Failure to comply with an improvement notice
- Offences in relation to HMO licensing
- Offences relating to the contravention of an overcrowding notice
- Failure to comply with the HMO management regulations
This policy gives details of when to prosecute, when to consider a civil penalty and provides guidance on how the fine levels will be set.
26272Civil Penalty Policy
Details of how we issue a financial penalty for certain housing offences as an alternative to prosecution in Torbay.
Details of how we issue a financial penalty for certain housing offences as an alternative to prosecution in Torbay.