CH403275 - Calculating penalties: special reduction: submission to the Specialist Technical Team
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You must not give a special reduction without authority from the Specialist Technical Team.
You must submit the case to the Specialist Technical Team if you consider that a special reduction may be applicable or if a person disputes your refusal to give a special reduction. In all cases the submission must be authorised by your line manager. Your manager must check that the penalty decisions already taken would be authorised.
See CH910000, for guidance on how to refer the case the Specialist Technical Team.