Article 13 Power to require publicity

(1)

An administrator may give a publicity notice to a seller on whom a civil sanction has been imposed.

(2)

A publicity notice means a notice requiring the seller to publicise—

(a)

the fact that a civil sanction has been imposed;

(b)

the type of civil sanction;

(c)

the grounds on which the sanction was imposed;

(d)

if the sanction was a fixed or variable monetary penalty, the amount of that penalty;

(e)

if the sanction was a non-monetary discretionary requirement, the nature of the requirement in question.

(3)

A publicity notice must—

(a)

specify the manner of publication required;

(b)

specify the time for compliance with the notice;

(c)

require the seller to provide evidence of compliance with the notice within a time specified in the notice.

(4)

If a seller fails to comply with a publicity notice within the time specified under paragraph (3)(b), the administrator may—

(a)

publicise the information;

(b)

recover the costs of doing so from the seller.

(5)

Where an administrator publicises information under paragraph (4)(a), it must do so in a way it considers most likely to bring the information to the attention of members of the public in its area.