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.