CH405100 - Charging penalties: suspending penalties: checking penalty history
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<p>Before deciding to suspend a penalty, you need to check the person’s penalty history.</p><p>This will</p><ul><li class="filledcircle">help you to decide if suspension is appropriate in this case, and</li><li class="filledcircle">identify any suspended penalties which will become payable if you charge an inaccuracy penalty.</li></ul><p>To check NPPS for penalty history and outstanding suspended penalties use the Case History [Button] in the Process Work Screen. See NPPS process (Word 33kb) for suspending a penalty.</p><p>You can look for a suspended penalty case or you can use the Penalties tab to check if a penalty was suspended.</p><p>You must inform the team responsible for managing the suspension, see CH405350 immediately you become aware that there is already a suspended penalty and that you intend to discuss a further inaccuracy penalty under FA07/Sch24/Para1 with the person.</p><p>You must</p><ul><li class="filledcircle">tell the person when an earlier suspended penalty becomes payable</li><li class="filledcircle">send the person a ‘Cancellation of a penalty suspension notice’ (NPPS7 can be found in SEES Penalty Toolkit)</li><li class="filledcircle">note the NPPS and advise the managing team of your actions.</li></ul>