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Article 60 Penalties

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(1)

This article applies where a PEN is served on P under article 59 which specifies a proposed penalty.

(2)

Where the PEN relates to more than one contravention, OFCOM may specify—

(a)

a single penalty in respect of all of those contraventions, or

(b)

separate penalties in respect of each of those contraventions,

according to whether OFCOM are minded to determine that a single penalty or separate penalties are appropriate and proportionate to those contraventions.

(3)

The amount of a single penalty or the amount of each of separate penalties is to be such amount not exceeding £250,000 as OFCOM determine to be—

(a)

appropriate, and

(b)

proportionate to the contravention in respect of which it is imposed.