Giving a Discretionary Penalty
Discretionary Penalty – Penalty Increased or No Facts to Justify Increase
Wording
[The penalty was increased because…...] or [There were no facts to justify increasing the penalty].
Applicable scenarios
- Statement regarding whether the starting penalty was increased and the reasons, or that no facts justified an increase
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.