Two brothers have been prosecuted for landlord offences after failing to return a form which stated that their property was a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
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Mr Mohamad Bassam Samsam, AKA Roberto Banderas, and Mr Ahmad Mehialdin Samsam, AKA Adam Samhoon, were prosecuted for failing to comply with Requisitions for Information served under Section 16 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
These notices are legal documents that Oxford City Council’s Environmental Health Service issue to landlords requiring them to provide the details of all persons and organisations with an interest in a property.
These details were required to ensure that the property in Rose Hill, Oxford, in which they both had an interest was licensed as a house in multiple occupation and met the requirements of the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006 in accordance with the Housing Act 2004.
Oxford City Council took this prosecution because it had requested this information from the Samsam brothers and both had failed to complete and return the notices within the statutory time period which had hindered the Council’s investigation.
Councillor Ed Turner, Deputy Leader for Oxford City Council, says: “These notices are extremely important and therefore should not be taken lightly and where people receive these they should complete and return them within the time period allowed.”
Both defendants were found guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 11 June 2013 and fined £200 and ordered to pay £500 each towards the costs of the prosecution.
