Commentary on Sections Section 79 – Requirement to prepare action plan or take steps
140.The purpose of the action plan and the steps is to prevent the continuation or repetition of D’s failure to comply with the relevant requirement.
141.If the Commissioner determines that D has failed to comply with a relevant requirement and requires D to prepare an action plan or to take steps, or both, then the decision notice must set out what the Commissioner requires D to do, the time limits involved, the consequences if D doesn’t comply with requirements in the notice, and must inform D of the right to appeal under section 95 (Appeals to the Tribunal).