Discretion in whether to issue a citation is distinguishable from statutory interpretation. A POs discretion is called upon routinely, but has little to do with the code noted above, and is more likely to be influenced by departmental instructions to POs.
If your employer instructed you to cite OC as breach, on what basis would you disregard that instruction, and what would your excuse be when your employer noted that you failed to follow explicit instruction?
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