Victorian Numbered Acts

FINES REFORM ACT 2014 (NO. 47 OF 2014) - SECT 159

    (1)     An application for variation or cancellation of a community work permit may be made to the Magistrates' Court at any time while the community work permit is in force by—

        (a)     the infringement offender; or

        (b)     a prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class of persons.

    (2)     If an infringement offender makes an application under subsection (1), the infringement offender must give notice of the application to a prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class of persons.

    (3)     If a prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class of persons makes an application under subsection (1), the applicant must give notice of the application to the infringement offender.

    (4)     The Magistrates' Court may vary or cancel a community work permit on an application under subsection (1) if the Magistrates' Court is satisfied—

        (a)     that the circumstances of the infringement offender have materially altered since the community work permit was issued and as a result the infringement offender would not be able to comply with a condition of the permit; or

        (b)     that the circumstances of the infringement offender were wrongly stated or were not accurately presented to the sheriff before the community work permit was issued; or

        (c)     that the infringement offender is no longer willing to comply with the community work permit.