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.