New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 112C

112C Restitution amounts taken to be court imposed fines

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a restitution amount is taken to be a fine imposed by a court.

(2) Accordingly--

(a) the Commissioner may make a court fine enforcement order under Division 3 of Part 2 for the enforcement of a restitution amount, and

(b) enforcement action may be taken in respect of that amount under this Act.

(3) The court fine enforcement order may be in a form that is appropriate to the circumstances of the case.

(4) A reference in Division 3 of Part 2 to the registrar of the court is taken, in relation to a restitution amount, to be a reference to the Commissioner of Victims Rights.

Note : Under the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 , the Commissioner of Victims Rights has the functions of the registrar under that Division in relation to a restitution amount.