Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (REPEALED) - SECT 102

    (1)     Subject to this section, an order of the Childrens Court imposing a fine on a young person may be enforced by any means provided by law for the enforcement of a similar order of the Magistrates Court.

    (2)     The Childrens Court may not make an order for the imprisonment of a young person in default of payment of a fine.

    (3)     A warrant may not be issued committing a young person to a correctional centre because of a failure of the young person to pay a fine.

    (4)     The registrar may, by warrant, commit a young person to an institution or State institution in a stated State or Territory if—

        (a)     the registrar is satisfied that all reasonable action has been taken under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 , division 3.9.2 (Enforcement of fines) to secure payment of an outstanding fine payable by a young person and there is no reasonable likelihood of the fine being paid; and

        (b)     the outstanding fine has not been remitted by the Executive.

Note 1     For the remission of a fine by the Executive, see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 , s 313 (Remission of penalties).

Note 2     A fine also may have been remitted under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 , s 159 (repealed) or the Crimes Act 1900 , s 434 (repealed).

    (5)     The period for which the young person is to be committed to an institution or State institution is the lesser of—

        (a)     a period calculated at the rate of 1 day for each $100, or part of $100, of the outstanding fine; or

        (b)     30 days.