Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) money has been paid to the Fines Recovery Unit:
(i) by a person in full or partial satisfaction of an enforcement order, and the relevant order is withdrawn or, if the order is a penalty enforcement order, annulled); or
(ii) in accordance with section 111 by an enforcement agency that held surplus money in relation to a person; or
(b) the Unit otherwise comes to hold surplus money in relation to a person;
the money is to be dealt with as follows:
(c) if the person is the subject of an enforcement order that has not been fully satisfied – the money may be credited against the amount remaining to be paid under the order;
(d) if there is more than one enforcement order in relation to the same person – the money may be credited against the oldest order (if any) that can be fully satisfied by the money available, then the next such order, and so on, with the residue (if any) credited against the oldest remaining order;
(e) if there are no enforcement orders or, after allocation of the money under this section, no remaining orders in relation to the person – the money is to be repaid to the person.
(2) This section applies to an order that is not fully satisfied despite that the Fines Recovery Unit may have granted the person additional time to pay or made arrangements for payment by instalments.