The local housing authority may, for the purpose of enabling them to discharge their duties under this Part, serve notice on the occupier of a dwelling requiring him to give them within 14 days a written statement of the number, ages and sexes of the persons sleeping in the dwelling.
The occupier commits a summary offence if—
he makes default in complying with the requirement, or
he gives a statement which to his knowledge is false in a material particular,
and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.