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Schedule 2, 9
 

Failure to comply with discretionary requirements


(1) The Commission may by notice impose a monetary penalty (a “non-compliance penalty”) on a person for failing to comply with a non-monetary discretionary requirement imposed on the person.


(2) Subject to any prescribed criteria, or any prescribed maximum or minimum amounts, the amount of a non-compliance penalty is to be such as the Commission may determine.


(3) A person served with a notice imposing a non-compliance penalty may appeal against the notice on the ground that the decision to serve the notice—


  (a) was based on an error of fact,


  (b) was wrong in law, or


  (c) was unfair or unreasonable for any reason (for example because the amount is unreasonable), or on such other grounds as may be prescribed.


(4) An appeal under sub-paragraph (3) is to a county court or (in Scotland) the sheriff.