Legislation – Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
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- s. 63 coming into force by S.I. 2026/371 reg. 2(a)
Part 1Functions exercisable on behalf of public authorities
Chapter 5Civil penalties
63Code of practice
(1)
The Minister must issue a code of practice about the administration of penalties under section 51, including about the making of decisions about the imposition and amount of a penalty.
(2)
The code of practice must include provision about circumstances in which, and the extent to which, the Minister considers that it would be appropriate to discount the amount of a penalty as a result of cooperative conduct by the person on whom the penalty is imposed.
(3)
The Minister may from time to time revise and reissue the code of practice.
(4)
The Minister must lay the code of practice, or any reissued code of practice, before Parliament.