A builder who deliberately carries out unauthorised building work should expect the same penalty regardless of whether the council has previously warned them of their obligations. Where a director is the effective mind of a company, the total penalty across both defendants should reflect that the penalty comes from a single pocket. A successful appellant in a criminal penalty appeal may be denied costs where the appeal was necessitated by the appellant's own serious breach of the law.
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