Section 67 sets out the offences which may be committed where a person persistently or repeatedly fails to comply with the requirement to be a member of a landlord redress scheme or the prohibition on marketing a dwelling where the landlord is not a member of such a scheme, for which financial penalties, as specified in section 66, may be imposed as an alternative to prosecution.
	Under subsection (1), a person who has received a financial penalty under section 66 commits the offence if the conduct in respect of which the penalty was imposed continues for longer than the specified period thereafter.
	Under subsection (2), a person who has received a financial penalty for breach of regulations under section 64 commits the offence if they commit a different breach within the next five years.
	Subsection (3) provides that a person who has been previously convicted of the offence, or received a financial penalty in lieu of prosecution, commits the offence if they breach regulations under section 64 again within five years of the previous conviction, or within five years of receiving the financial penalty in lieu of prosecution.
	Subsection (4) clarifies that for the purposes of the offences a "relevant penalty" is one where: an appeal has not been launched within the permitted period provided for in paragraph 10 of Schedule 5; an appeal has been withdrawn or abandoned; or a penalty was confirmed or amended on appeal.
	Subsection (5) provides that a person cannot be convicted of an offence if a financial penalty has already been imposed in respect of the same conduct, unless that conduct constitutes a continuing breach to which subsection (1) applies.
	A person found guilty of the offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine as stated in subsection (6).
	Subsections (7) and (8) provide that when an officer or member of a body corporate, which may include private and public companies or charitable organisations, consents to or colludes in the commission of an offence by the body corporate, both the officer or member and the body corporate have committed an offence and are liable to penalties as specified in section 66, as well as prosecution.
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 2: Landlord Redress Schemes Section 67: Offences Effect