Western Australian Current Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 99ZB

99ZB .         Enforcing orders to pay moneys

        (1)         If —

            (a)         the court orders the payment of moneys under this Division; and

            (b)         the amount payable under the order is not paid within 28 days after the date of the order,

                the amount may be recovered as a judgment debt in a court of competent jurisdiction, unless an order is made under subsection (2).

        (2)         If the order is made by the Supreme Court or the District Court, that court may in addition make an order under section 59 of the Sentencing Act 1995 and for that purpose that section, with any necessary changes, applies as if the order were a fine imposed on the offender.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a certified copy of an order is on request to be issued (without payment of a fee) to the CEO and the copy may be registered (without payment of a fee) as a judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction.

        [Section 99ZB inserted: No. 14 of 1998 s. 14; amended: No. 54 of 2003 s. 140(2).]