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FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 76A
Sheriff's additional costs of taking enforcement action under this Division
76A Sheriff's additional costs of taking enforcement action under this
Division
(1) The costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Sheriff in taking
enforcement action under this Division and approved by the Commissioner are
enforcement costs payable by the fine defaulter under the
fine enforcement order.
(2) The amount of those costs and expenses is to be
determined in accordance with the scale applicable to the enforcement of
judgment debts under the Civil Procedure Act 2005 , but is to be reduced by
any amount prescribed under section 16 (2) (c) or 44 (2) (c) as payable to the
Consolidated Fund.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the Commissioner has
the functions of the registrar of the relevant court with respect to the
approval of those costs and expenses.
(4) Enforcement costs recoverable under
this section are payable to the Sheriff and not to the Consolidated Fund.
(5)
The power of the Local Court to review a decision of a registrar of the court
in respect of any such enforcement costs applies to a decision of the
Commissioner under this section.
Note : Enforcement costs payable under a
fine enforcement order form part of the fine--see section 57 (4).
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