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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-market-integrity-and-transparency-enforcement-etc-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2013",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "The Authority must have regard to—\n(a) the seriousness of the failure in question in relation to the nature of the requirement not complied with;\n(b) the behaviour of the person, including—\n(i) the extent to which the behaviour was deliberate or reckless;\n(ii) whether the person believed, on reasonable grounds, that the behaviour did not fall within regulation 26(1)(a) or (b);\n(iii) whether the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid behaving in a way which fell within regulation 26(1)(a) or (b); and\n(c) whether the person on whom the penalty is to be imposed is an individual.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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