Giving a Discretionary Penalty
Discretionary Penalty – Penalty Decreased or No Facts to Justify Decrease
Wording
[The penalty was decreased because……] or [There were no facts to justify decreasing the penalty].
Applicable scenarios
- Statement regarding whether the starting penalty was decreased and the reasons, or that no facts justified a decrease
Notes
- Use in combination with the starting penalty and final penalty rows.
- List the reasons for increasing or decreasing the penalty, not just the number of reasons.