Digital Services Act 2024
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Chapter 5 Administrative financial sanctions | ||
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Submissions and requests for information | ||
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65. (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply where the Commission has made a decision under section 62 to impose an administrative financial sanction on a person. | ||
(2) The person may make submissions to the Commission in relation to the application of section 67 to the determination of the amount of the sanction— | ||
(a) at an oral hearing held in accordance with the Schedule , where the Commission considers it necessary, or | ||
(b) otherwise, in writing, within the period of 10 working days from the date the person receives the notice under section 64 , or such longer period as the Commission may specify in the notice. | ||
(3) Where a person makes submissions to the Commission under subsection (2)(b), the Commission may by notice in writing request the person to provide, within a specified period, such further information as the Commission considers appropriate for the purposes of determining the amount of the sanction. | ||
(4) A person who— | ||
(a) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a request under subsection (3), or | ||
(b) in purported compliance with a request under subsection (3), gives to the Commission information which the person knows to be false or misleading in any material respect, | ||
shall be guilty of a category 2 offence. |