Commentary on Sections Part 7 — General Section 201 — Civil sanctions
707.Section 201 provides for the application of civil sanctions to offences committed under this legislation.
708.Subsection (1) gives the Welsh Ministers regulation-making powers to make any provision for a civil sanction in relation to an offence under this Act that they could make under Part 3 of the 2008 Regulatory Enforcement Act if they or any other authority with an enforcement function were a regulator in relation to a relevant offence. Civil sanctions may include fixed monetary penalties and various discretionary requirements to be determined by the relevant enforcement authority. The discretionary requirements may include financial penalties to be set by a regulator; steps to be taken to ensure an offence will not reoccur; or steps to be taken to restore the position before the commission of the offence.
709.Subsections (2) to (4) apply relevant provisions of the 2008 Regulatory Enforcement Act to any provision that the Welsh Ministers make by regulations under subsection (1).