Section 116 provides for enforcement by the local housing authority if a person fails to comply with a notice to provide information under section 115. Subsection (1) provides that an application may be made to the court.
	Subsection (2) provides that the court may make an order where it is satisfied that there has been non-compliance.
	A court order operates to compel a person to do what it considers is reasonable in order to provide the local housing authority with the information requested (subsection (3)). The court has the power to require the person against whom the order is made to meet the costs of the court application (subsection (4)). Where the person against whom the order is made is a company, the court can order an official who is responsible for the failure to comply with the notice, to meet the costs.
Part 4: Enforcement Chapter 3 – Investigatory Powers Section 116: Enforcement of power to require information from any person Effect