Ms Helen Martin:

I suppose it is a range. There was a charity shop, Good and New, which was not keeping proper books of account. We have the ability to impose an intermediate sanction where the contravention is publicised. In some cases, we can remove the charity from the register for a period. An intermediate sanction is used in a situation where there has been a breach and an offence committed under the Act in place of a prosecution. We would see that as being more proportionate, particularly when it comes to charities. We tend not to see charities doing things on purpose. It tends to be an oversight or a case of simply not being informed. We take a proportionate approach to those matters.