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14.—(1) Each regulator must prepare and issue a statement of policy with respect to—
(a)the imposition of penalties under paragraph 11; and
(b)the amount of penalties under that paragraph.
(2) A regulator's policy in determining what the amount of a penalty should be must include having regard to—
(a)the seriousness of the contravention in question in relation to the nature of the requirement contravened;
(b)the extent to which that contravention was deliberate or reckless; and
(c)whether the person against whom action is to be taken is an individual.
(3) A regulator may at any time alter or replace a statement issued by it under this paragraph.
(4) If a statement issued under this paragraph is altered or replaced by a regulator, the regulator must issue the altered or replacement statement.
(5) A regulator must, without delay, give the Treasury a copy of any statement which it issues under this paragraph.
(6) A statement issued under this paragraph by a regulator must be published by the regulator in the way appearing to the regulator to be best calculated to bring it to the attention of the public.
(7) The regulator may charge a reasonable fee for providing a person with a copy of the statement.
(8) In exercising, or deciding whether to exercise, its power under paragraph 11 in the case of any particular contravention, a regulator must have regard to any statement of policy published by it under this paragraph and in force at the time when the contravention in question occurred.
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