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Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy 2024

11.0 Simple cautions

11.1 The Council can consider the use of a simple caution as an alternative to a prosecution where the person who has committed an offence(s) fully accepts responsibility of such and where the circumstances suit a simple caution rather than a prosecution.

11.2 Simple Cautions will be considered where:

  • The defendant is aged 18 or over; and
  • the defendant has admitted their guilt; and
  • the defendant agrees to be given a Simple Caution; and
  • a Civil Penalty is not appropriate or cannot be applied; and
  • where there is evidence of the offence, but the public interest is best served this way

11.3 Should the defendant not agree to receive a Simple Caution, they will be prosecuted.

11.4 Cautions can be mentioned to the Court when sentencing the same offender for a later offence.

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