New South Wales Repealed Acts

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VICTIMS SUPPORT AND REHABILITATION ACT 1996 - SECT 75

75 Enforcement of directions for compensation

(1) If a court gives a direction for compensation and the whole or any part of the amount specified in the direction is not paid in accordance with the direction, the registrar of the court must, on the application of the aggrieved person, issue to the aggrieved person a certificate:

(a) that identifies the direction, and

(b) that specifies the offender, and

(c) that specifies the amount required by the direction to be paid which has not, as at the date of the certificate, been paid to the registrar.

(2) If a certificate is issued under this section, the registrar must not subsequently accept any payment from the offender in respect of the direction for compensation identified in the certificate.

(3) An aggrieved person may file such a certificate in the registry of a court having jurisdiction to order payment of the amount specified in the certificate, and the registrar of that court must immediately enter judgment in favour of the aggrieved person against the offender specified in the certificate for:

(a) the amount specified in the certificate as having not been paid, and

(b) any fees payable to the registrar in respect of the filing of the certificate.

(4) A direction for compensation may only be enforced in accordance with this section and any amount not paid is not payable from the Compensation Fund or any other public money.