Guidelines on penalties require the Commission to publish penalty standards and justify departures when imposing sanctions. The Commission may publish guidelines on the Act or rules, which are expressly non-binding and not determinations of fact or law. The Commission must publish guidelines on appropriate penalty amounts for contraventions; when imposing penalties it shall consider those guidelines and provide reasons for any divergence. All such guidelines must be published in the prescribed form.
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Guidelines on penalties require the Commission to publish penalty standards and justify departures when imposing sanctions.
The Commission may publish guidelines on the Act or rules, which are expressly non-binding and not determinations of fact or law. The Commission must publish guidelines on appropriate penalty amounts for contraventions; when imposing penalties it shall consider those guidelines and provide reasons for any divergence. All such guidelines must be published in the prescribed form.
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