Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Housing Conditions Chapter 2 – Improvement Notices, Prohibition Orders and Hazard Awareness Notices Section 32: Offence of failing to comply with prohibition order etc.
141.Section 32 makes it an offence for a person, knowing a prohibition order has become operative, not to comply with that order, and provides penalties for non-compliance.
142.Such an offence is punishable by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5,000).