Clause 53 - FURTHER PROVISION RELATING TO CIVIL PENALTIES
Consumer Credit Bill
10:45 am
Mr Laurence Robertson (Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs; Tewkesbury, Conservative)
Proposed new section 39B states:
''(1) Before determining to impose a penalty on a person under section 39A the OFT shall give a notice to that person—
(a) informing him that it is minded to impose a penalty on him;
(b) setting out its reasons for being so minded;
(c) stating the proposed amount of the penalty;
(d) setting out its reasons for proposing that amount;
(e) setting out the proposed period for the payment of the penalty; and
(f) inviting him to submit representations to it about the matters mentioned in the preceding paragraphs in accordance with section 34.''
The OFT's notice would be a standard document and would be easy to put together, so the OFT should be obliged to notify the licensee about his right of appeal. I previously asked about the right of appeal, and the Minister said that he would write to me. I do not mean to be pedantic.