2The settlement discount scheme allows a reduction in a financial penalty, period of suspension or period of restriction that would otherwise be imposed on a person according to the stage at which the agreement is reached. Full details of the scheme are set out in DEPP 6.7.
2The settlement discount scheme which applies to the amount of a financial penalty, described in DEPP 6.7.2 G to DEPP 6.7.5 G, also applies to the length of the period of a suspension or restriction, having regard to the FCA's3 statement of policy as set out in DEPP 6A.3. 3
