Commentary on Sections Part 2: Registered Social Landlords Penalty Section 61 - Representations
140.This section inserts a new section 50L into the 1996 Act which allows RSLs issued with a pre-penalty warning to make representations to the Welsh Ministers.
141.Subsection (2) of the new section 50L specifies that the minimum period for representations must be at least 28 days, beginning on the date on which the RSL receives the pre-penalty warning.
142.The representations may address whether a penalty should be imposed, or the likely amount of any penalty
143.Subsection (4) provides that at the end of the period for representations the Welsh Ministers must consider any representations that have been made, and decide whether to impose a penalty.