Part 1Registration of consultant lobbyists
Civil penalties
15Notice of intention to impose civil penalty
(1)
Before imposing a civil penalty on a person, the Registrar must serve on that person a notice stating that the Registrar proposes to impose the penalty.
(2)
The notice must—
(a)
set out the conduct on which the proposal to impose the penalty is based,
(b)
set out the reasons why the Registrar is satisfied that the person has engaged in that conduct,
(c)
state the amount of the proposed penalty, and
(d)
inform the person that the person may, within a period specified in the notice, make written representations in relation to the proposal.
(3)
The Registrar must not impose the penalty before the end of the period specified under subsection (2)(d).
(4)
The Registrar must consider any written representations received before the end of that period.