Penalty notice

(1) After the expiration of 28 days from the date that it sent a notice under section 8J to a licensee, the Board may take disciplinary action against that licensee by sending him a penalty notice stating– (a) the disciplinary violation in respect of which the notice is issued; (b) the date on which notice of intention to take disciplinary action in respect of that violation was sent to the licensee; (c) the amount of the administrative penalty imposed; 36 (d) a date, not less than 14 days after the date of the penalty notice, by which the penalty shall be paid to the Board; and (e) that if the licensee does not pay the administrative penalty or exercise his rights of appeal under section 14B, on or before the date referred to in paragraph (d), the licensee will be considered to have committed the violation and be liable for the penalty set out in the notice. (2) The penalty imposed in a penalty notice shall not exceed the amount specified in the notice of intention sent under section 8J. (3) Where the Board takes disciplinary action against a licensee by issuing a letter of warning, admonishment, censure or reprimand, the penalty notice shall state– (a) whether the licensee is warned, admonished, censured or reprimanded; (b) the remedial actions required to be taken under the directive referred to in section 8F; and (c) the period in which the licensee must complete the actions referred to in the directive. (4) Before taking disciplinary action against a licensee under sub-section (1), the Board shall consider any written representations that it has received from the licensee and, where it receives such representations, it must provide reasons for the action that it takes. (5) A licensee who receives a penalty notice under sub- section (1) shall pay the penalty stated to the Board, complete the actions referred to in the directive, or appeal the imposition 37 of the penalty under section 14B, on or before the date specified in the notice. (6) Where the Board takes disciplinary action by imposing an administrative penalty, an appeal shall not itself result in the suspension of the decision of the Board in relation to which the appeal is made, but the appellant may, within the time prescribed for making such appeal, apply to the Supreme Court for stay of execution of the decision appealed from, pending the determination of such appeal.