New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 108H

108H Amendment or withdrawal of interstate fine enforcement orders

(1) The Commissioner may (and, if requested by the originating jurisdiction for the interstate fine, must) amend an interstate fine enforcement order--

(a) to reduce the amount that is payable under the order to recognise payments made in the originating jurisdiction to partially discharge the fine, or

(b) to otherwise correct an error.

(2) The Commissioner may withdraw an interstate fine enforcement order if satisfied that--

(a) the liability of the offender to pay an interstate fine to which the order applies has been fully discharged (otherwise than by payment to the Commissioner), or

(b) the person named in the order is not the same person as the person in respect of whom a fine to which the order applies was imposed, or

(c) the order was otherwise made in error.

(3) An interstate fine enforcement order may be completely withdrawn or partially withdrawn to the extent that it applies to a particular fine.

(4) An interstate fine enforcement order must be withdrawn, or partially withdrawn, in accordance with any request for withdrawal made by the originating jurisdiction for the interstate fine.

(5) The Commissioner is to provide written confirmation to the originating jurisdiction that an interstate fine enforcement order has been withdrawn or amended in accordance with a request duly made by that jurisdiction.