New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 10

10 Application to registrar for further time to pay fine

(1) A person liable to pay a fine imposed by a court may apply for further time to pay the fine to--

(a) the registrar of that court, or

(b) in the case of a fine imposed by the Local Court--a registrar of the Local Court, or

(c) any other registrar of a court specified in the notice of the fine served on the person under this Part as a registrar who may deal with the application.

(2) The registrar may, by order, allow further time to pay the fine if it appears expedient to do so.

(3) The registrar may, by such an order--

(a) extend the time for payment of the whole fine, or

(b) allow the fine to be paid by instalments in such amounts, and at such times, as the registrar specifies.

(4) If an instalment of a fine is not paid by the due date, the remaining instalments then become payable.

(5) An order allowing further time to pay a fine may be amended or revoked by a further order made on the application of the person liable to pay the fine or on the registrar's own initiative.