Amending our Taking Regulatory Action policy

We consulted between October and December 2019 on changes we then proposed to make to the TRA policy. We published our decisions on 28 May 2021, following a significant delay caused by the pandemic.

In this consultation we explain:

• further information about how we intend to implement the decisions we published in May 2021
• that we have decided not to proceed with the development of an approach to using fixed penalties
• proposals to introduce amendments to the TRA policy which were not included in the 2019 consultation, which reflect our current and intended approach

We also explain changes we are making to the way we make decisions. We are not consulting on those changes and have included them for transparency and because they form part of the context for some of the proposals.

We have incorporated some of the proposals about which we consulted awarding organisations in 2021, as well as some of the suggestions made by awarding organisations in their responses. There are certain matters we proposed in 2021 which we no longer wish to pursue. Those matters do not appear in the new version for the purposes of this consultation.

We have published the proposed revised policy with this consultation. Changes or new sections are highlighted in bold or in grey panels.

We are consulting on the wording of the proposed revised policy as well as the specific new proposals.