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FINES REFORM ACT 2014 - SECT 15B

Referral of enforcement hearing orders to Director for collection

    (1)     If a court makes an enforcement hearing order in respect of a person, unless the court otherwise orders, the enforcement hearing order is referred to the Director for collection when the enforcement hearing order is made.

S. 15B(1A) inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 36(1).

    (1A)     Despite subsection (1), an enforcement hearing order made in respect of a person is not referred to the Director for collection and management until the court provides the Director with the prescribed information to enable collection and management of the enforcement and hearing order by the Director.

    (2)     If a court makes an enforcement hearing order referred to in subsection (1), the person may—

        (a)     if the person decides to pay the outstanding amount on the same day the enforcement hearing order is made, pay the outstanding amount to the court that made the enforcement hearing order; or

        (b)     if the person decides to pay the outstanding amount at any time after the day the enforcement hearing order is made until the day the outstanding amount is due, pay the outstanding amount to the Director.

    (3)     If a court makes an order under section 69G(3) or 69H(2)(ca), (cb) or (d) of the Sentencing Act 1991 as part of an enforcement hearing order providing that an outstanding amount may be paid by instalments or allowing time to pay the outstanding amount the Director must collect the enforcement hearing order in accordance with any terms specified by the court in the order.

    (4)     Subject to subsection (3), the Director may manage any enforcement hearing order referred to the Director for collection under this section as if the Director had made a payment arrangement for that enforcement hearing order with the offender.

Note to s. 15B inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 36(2).

Note

See Part 5 for the management by a payment arrangement of an enforcement hearing order that may or may not have been the subject of an instalment order or a time to pay order.

S. 15C inserted by No. 59/2017 s. 11.



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