Commentary on Sections Part 2 - Register of Visitor Accommodation Providers Section 7 – Penalties for failing to register
27.This section provides that a VAP is liable to a penalty if they provide, or offer to provide, visitor accommodation without being registered in respect of the premises at which the visitor accommodation is provided or offered.
28.The initial penalty is £100 for each unregistered premises. WRA will issue a penalty notice to a VAP specifying each premises to which the penalty notice relates. The VAP will then have 30 days from the day a penalty notice is issued to register any premises identified by WRA before they are liable to a further penalty. This period of 30 days is known as the initial penalty period.
29.If, after the initial penalty period, a premises specified in the notice has not been registered, the VAP is liable to a penalty of £10 for each premises that remains unregistered on each day the VAP provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation. On the 31st day (after the initial penalty period) the VAP provides or offers to provide visitor accommodation without being registered, the VAP is liable to a penalty of £1000 for each unregistered premises.
30.The initial penalty period does not take into account any day on which a decision relating to the penalty is the subject of an ongoing review or appeal.
31.Subsection (7) provides that a person that is no longer a VAP remains liable to penalties under this section that they became liable to while they were a VAP.