{"id":"fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018","name":"Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Regulations 2018","slug":"fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":235512,"registerId":"sa-fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Regulations 2018","content":"South Australia\nFines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Regulations 2018\nunder the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017\n\nContents\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n3A\tApproved treatment programs\nPart 2—Chief Recovery Officer\n4\tAnnual report (section 7 of Act)\nPart 3—Pecuniary sums and expiations fees\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n5\tException to expiation on arrangement or enforcement (section 9 of Act)\nDivision 2—Payment of pecuniary sums\n6\tAmounts unpaid or unrecovered for more than certain period (section 14 of Act)\n8\tCommunity service requirements in arrangements (section 15 of Act)\n9\tArrangements with prescribed debtors (section 15 of Act)\n10\tAuthority to obtain information (section 15 of Act)\nDivision 3—Payment of expiation fees\n12\tCommunity service requirements in arrangements (section 20 of Act)\n13\tArrangements with prescribed alleged offenders (section 20 of Act)\n14\tAuthority to obtain information (section 20 of Act)\n15\tException to expiation on arrangement or enforcement (sections 20 and 22 of Act)\n18\tNotice of making, variation or revocation of enforcement determination (section 22 of Act)\n19\tAmounts unpaid or unrecovered for more than certain period (section 26 of Act)\nDivision 4—Investigation powers\n20\tDisclosure of information to prescribed interstate authority (section 32 of Act)\nPart 4—Enforcement\nDivision 1—Enforcement action\n21\tProperty exempt from seizure and sale (section 36 of Act)\nDivision 2—Failure of enforcement process \n22\tPrescribed unit (section 46 of Act)\n23\tCommunity service notice (section 46 of Act)\nPart 5—Miscellaneous\n24\tExemptions from requirement to pay fees\n25\tTransitional provisions\nSchedule 1—Forms\n1\tSeizure and sale of assets (section 36 of Act)\n2\tImpounding of vehicle (section 41 of Act)\nLegislative history\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Regulations 2018.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\nAct means the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017;\nMinister for Correctional Services means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Correctional Services Act 1982.\n3A—Approved treatment programs\nPursuant to the definition of approved treatment program in section 3(1) of the Act, an alcohol, drug or gambling treatment program is a treatment program of a prescribed kind for the purposes of sections 15 and 20 of the Act.\nPart 2—Chief Recovery Officer\n4—Annual report (section 7 of Act)\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act, the annual report for a financial year must include the following information:\n\t(a)\tthe total amount of debt that was payable to the Chief Recovery Officer at the commencement of the financial year;\n\t(b)\tthe total amount of debt that became payable to the Chief Recovery Officer during the financial year;\n\t(c)\tthe total amount of debt that was paid to the Chief Recovery Officer during the financial year;\n\t(d)\tthe total amount of debt that was waived by the Chief Recovery Officer during the financial year;\n\t(e)\tthe total amount of debt that was written off by the Chief Recovery Officer during the financial year;\n\t(f)\tthe total amount of debt that was payable to the Chief Recovery Officer at the end of the financial year, including—\n\t(i)\tthe total amount of debt subject to arrangements under sections 15, 16, 20, 21 and 57 of the Act; and\n\t(ia)\tthe total amount of debt subject to determinations under section 61 of the Act; and\n\t(ii)\tthe total amount of debt the payment of which has been deferred (whether because of an extension of time or other form of arrangement resulting in a later payment date); and\n\t(iii)\tthe total amount of debt subject to enforcement action under sections 19, 22 and 51 of the Act;\n\t(g)\tthe total amount of debt that was paid during the financial year to a person—\n\t(i)\tto whom powers or functions were delegated by the Chief Recovery Officer under section 5 of the Act during the financial year; and\n\t(ii)\twho was not a public sector employee (within the meaning of the Public Sector Act 2009) for the period of that delegation.\n\t(2)\tInformation in a report relating to a total amount of debt must be expressed as a sum of the debt's statutory components (with the amount of each statutory component shown in the report).\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of this regulation, a debt's statutory components are—\n\t(a)\tamounts owed as pecuniary sums under the Act; and\n\t(b)\tamounts owed pursuant to enforcement determinations under section 22 of the Act; and\n\t(c)\tamounts owed pursuant to arrangements under sections 15, 16, 20, 21 and 57 of the Act (other than amounts referred to in paragraph (b)); and\n\t(d)\tamounts owed pursuant to civil debt determinations under section 49 of the Act; and\n\t(e)\tamounts owed pursuant to determinations under section 61 of the Act.\nPart 3—Pecuniary sums and expiations fees\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n5—Exception to expiation on arrangement or enforcement (section 9 of Act)\nA debtor will not be taken to have expiated an offence or offences in accordance with section 9(3)(b) of the Act for the purposes of the following laws:\n\t(a)\tthe Sentencing Act 2017;\n\t(b)\tthe repealed Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988;\n\t(c)\tthe Victims of Crime Act 2001;\n\t(d)\tthe Young Offenders Act 1993.\nDivision 2—Payment of pecuniary sums\n6—Amounts unpaid or unrecovered for more than certain period (section 14 of Act)\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 14(1)(c) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $125.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 14(1)(d) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $228.\n8—Community service requirements in arrangements (section 15 of Act)\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 15(5)(f) of the Act, the following provisions apply in relation to community service under an arrangement entered into between the Chief Recovery Officer and a debtor:\n\t(a)\tthe number of hours of community service to be performed by the debtor is to be calculated at the rate of 7.5 hours for each $200 to be converted to community service;\n\t(b)\tthe minimum number of hours of community service that may be required under an arrangement is 7.5 hours;\n\t(c)\tthe arrangement must specify a period within which the community service is to be performed;\n\t(d)\tthe debtor must report to a specified office of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under a Minister, responsible for the administration of the Correctional Services Act 1982 within 2 working days after the arrangement is entered into;\n\t(e)\ton reporting under paragraph (d), the debtor must be assigned to a community corrections officer by whom the debtor will be supervised while performing community service;\n\t(f)\tthe debtor must perform community service for not less than 4 hours each week and on such day, or days, as the community corrections officer to whom the debtor is assigned may direct;\n\t(g)\tin performing community service the debtor must carry out certain projects or tasks as the assigned community corrections officer reasonably requires;\n\t(h)\tthe debtor may not, except in circumstances approved by the Minister for Correctional Services, be required to perform community service for a continuous period exceeding 7.5 hours;\n\t(i)\tif on any day a period of community service is to exceed 4 continuous hours, the next hour must be a meal break;\n\t(j)\tthe debtor may not be required to perform community service at a time that would interfere with the debtor's remunerated employment or with a course of training or instruction relating to, or likely to assist the debtor in obtaining, remunerated employment, or that would cause unreasonable disruption of the debtor's commitments in caring for the debtor's dependants;\n\t(k)\tthe debtor may not be required to perform community service at a time that would cause the debtor to offend against a rule of a religion that the debtor practises;\n\t(l)\tthe attendance of the debtor at any educational or recreational course of instruction approved by the Minister for Correctional Services will be taken to be performance of community service;\n\t(m)\tthe debtor will not be remunerated for the performance of any community service pursuant to the order;\n\t(n)\tthe debtor must obey the lawful directions of the community corrections officer to whom the debtor is assigned.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 15(12) of the Act, if a debtor complies with an arrangement under section 15 of the Act requiring the performance of community service, the amount of the pecuniary sum outstanding is to be reduced by $200 for every 7.5 hours of community service performed by the debtor.\n9—Arrangements with prescribed debtors (section 15 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 15(8)(c) of the Act, a debtor who has previously—\n\t(a)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 15 of the Act resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 15(15) of the Act; or\n\t(b)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 20 of the Act resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 20(15) of the Act; or\n\t(c)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 9 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 as in force immediately before the commencement of this regulation resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 9(10) of that Act; or\n\t(d)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 70 of the repealed Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 70(8) of that Act,\nis prescribed.\n10—Authority to obtain information (section 15 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 15(8)(e) of the Act, an irrevocable authority to obtain financial and contact information about the debtor under that section must have effect (and may only be used by the Chief Recovery Officer) during the period that an amount due remains outstanding.\nDivision 3—Payment of expiation fees\n12—Community service requirements in arrangements (section 20 of Act)\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 20(6)(f) of the Act, the following provisions apply in relation to community service under an arrangement entered into between the Chief Recovery Officer and an alleged offender:\n\t(a)\tthe number of hours of community service to be performed by the alleged offender is to be calculated at the rate of 7.5 hours for each $200 to be converted to community service;\n\t(b)\tthe minimum number of hours of community service that may be required under an arrangement is 7.5 hours;\n\t(c)\tthe arrangement must specify a period within which the community service is to be performed;\n\t(d)\tthe alleged offender must report to a specified office of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under a Minister, responsible for the administration of the Correctional Services Act 1982 within 2 working days after the arrangement is entered into;\n\t(e)\ton reporting under paragraph (d), the alleged offender must be assigned to a community corrections officer by whom the alleged offender will be supervised while performing community service;\n\t(f)\tthe alleged offender must perform community service for not less than 4 hours each week and on such day, or days, as the community corrections officer to whom the alleged offender is assigned may direct;\n\t(g)\tin performing community service the alleged offender must carry out certain projects or tasks as the assigned community corrections officer reasonably requires;\n\t(h)\tthe alleged offender may not, except in circumstances approved by the Minister for Correctional Services, be required to perform community service for a continuous period exceeding 7.5 hours;\n\t(i)\tif on any day a period of community service is to exceed 4 continuous hours, the next hour must be a meal break;\n\t(j)\tthe alleged offender may not be required to perform community service at a time that would interfere with the alleged offender's remunerated employment or with a course of training or instruction relating to, or likely to assist the alleged offender in obtaining, remunerated employment, or that would cause unreasonable disruption of the alleged offender's commitments in caring for the alleged offender's dependants;\n\t(k)\tthe alleged offender may not be required to perform community service at a time that would cause the alleged offender to offend against a rule of a religion that the alleged offender practises;\n\t(l)\tthe attendance of the alleged offender at any educational or recreational course of instruction approved by the Minister for Correctional Services will be taken to be performance of community service;\n\t(m)\tthe alleged offender will not be remunerated for the performance of any community service pursuant to the order;\n\t(n)\tthe alleged offender must obey the lawful directions of the community corrections officer to whom the alleged offender is assigned.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 20(13) of the Act, if an alleged offender complies with an arrangement under section 20 of the Act requiring the performance of community service, the amount outstanding is to be reduced by $200 for every 7.5 hours of community service performed by the alleged offender.\n13—Arrangements with prescribed alleged offenders (section 20 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 20(9)(c) of the Act, an alleged offender who has previously—\n\t(a)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 15 of the Act resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 15(15) of the Act; or\n\t(b)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 20 of the Act resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 20(15) of the Act; or\n\t(c)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 9 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 as in force immediately before the commencement of this regulation resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 9(10) of that Act; or\n\t(d)\tfailed to comply with an arrangement under section 70 of the repealed Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 resulting in the termination of the arrangement under section 70(8) of that Act,\nis prescribed.\n14—Authority to obtain information (section 20 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 20(9)(e) of the Act, an irrevocable authority to obtain financial and contact information about the alleged offender under that section must have effect (and may only be used by the Chief Recovery Officer) during the period that an amount due remains outstanding.\n15—Exception to expiation on arrangement or enforcement (sections 20 and 22 of Act)\nAn alleged offender will not be taken to have expiated an offence or offences in accordance with sections 20(21) and 22(4) of the Act for the purposes of the following laws:\n\t(a)\tthe Sentencing Act 2017;\n\t(b)\tthe repealed Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988;\n\t(c)\tthe Victims of Crime Act 2001;\n\t(d)\tthe Young Offenders Act 1993.\n18—Notice of making, variation or revocation of enforcement determination (section 22 of Act)\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 22(16) of the Act, the following particulars must be included in a notice given to an alleged offender the subject of an enforcement determination:\n\t(a)\twhether the enforcement determination is being made, varied or revoked and, if the determination is being made or varied, the terms of the determination or variation;\n\t(b)\tthe date on which the determination, variation or revocation takes effect;\n\t(c)\ta list of all amounts owing in relation to the determination;\n\t(d)\tdetails of each alleged offence to which the determination relates including—\n\t(i)\tthe date of each such offence; and\n\t(ii)\tthe issuing authority in relation to each such offence; and\n\t(iii)\ta brief description of the particulars of each such offence;\n\t(e)\tthe reason for the variation or revocation of the determination.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 22(16) of the Act, the following particulars must be included in a notice given to an issuing authority:\n\t(a)\tthe name, address and any other particulars necessary to identify the alleged offender;\n\t(b)\tdetails of each alleged offence under the determination for which the issuing authority issued an expiation notice to the alleged offender;\n\t(c)\ta list of all amounts owing under the determination in relation to expiation notices issued by the issuing authority;\n\t(d)\twhether the enforcement determination is being made, varied or revoked and, if the determination is being made or varied, the terms of the determination or variation;\n\t(e)\tthe date on which the determination, variation or revocation takes effect;\n\t(f)\tthe reason for the variation or revocation of the determination.\n19—Amounts unpaid or unrecovered for more than certain period (section 26 of Act)\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 26(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $125.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 26(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $228.\nDivision 4—Investigation powers\n20—Disclosure of information to prescribed interstate authority (section 32 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 32 of the Act—\n\t(a)\tthe following particulars are prescribed:\n\t(i)\tthe debtor's or alleged offender's personal details;\n\t(ii)\tthe name and address of the debtor's or alleged offender's next of kin;\n\t(iii)\tthe details of the sum owed including a breakdown of the amounts owed specifying relevant dates and the offences to which the sum relates; and\n\t(b)\tany person or body in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth with responsibility, under a law of that jurisdiction, for the collection of amounts due in relation to expiation notices (however described) issued in the jurisdiction or fines imposed by a court of the jurisdiction, is a prescribed interstate authority.\nPart 4—Enforcement\nDivision 1—Enforcement action\n21—Property exempt from seizure and sale (section 36 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 36(3)(a) of the Act, household property excluded from being divisible among the creditors of a bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Act 1996 of the Commonwealth is exempt from seizure and sale under section 36 of the Act.\nDivision 2—Failure of enforcement process \n22—Prescribed unit (section 46 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 46 of the Act, the prescribed unit is $200.\n23—Community service notice (section 46 of Act)\nThe following matters must be included in a notice given under section 46(4) of the Act:\n\t(a)\tdetails of the court that made the order for community service under section 46(1) of the Act;\n\t(b)\tdetails of the order including—\n\t(i)\tthe name and address of the debtor or alleged offender; and\n\t(ii)\tthe monetary amount to which the order relates; and\n\t(iii)\tthe period within which the community service is to be performed; and\n\t(iv)\tthe place to which the debtor or alleged offender is to report within 2 working days of the order; and\n\t(v)\tthat the debtor or alleged offender is required to perform community service for not less than 4 hours each week and on such day, or days, as the community corrections officer to whom the debtor or alleged offender is assigned may direct; and\n\t(vi)\tthat the debtor or alleged offender must obey the lawful directions of the community corrections officer to whom the debtor or alleged offender is assigned;\n\t(c)\tthat a failure to comply with the order may result in the debtor or alleged offender being imprisoned for a period of up to 12 months calculated, in the case of a failure to perform a number of hours of community service, on the basis of 1 day of imprisonment for each 7.5 hours of unperformed hours of community service.\nPart 5—Miscellaneous\n24—Exemptions from requirement to pay fees\n\t(1)\tA person who satisfies the Chief Recovery Officer that the person is suffering financial hardship such that the person cannot pay—\n\t(a)\tthe fee required under section 15(1) of the Act to enter into a payment arrangement; or\n\t(b)\tthe fee to enter into an arrangement under section 20(1) of the Act,\nis exempt from the obligation to pay the fee.\n\t(2)\tA public sector agency (within the meaning of the Public Sector Act 2009) is exempt from the obligation to pay—\n\t(a)\tthe fee for the enforcement of an expiation notice under section 22(2) of the Act; and\n\t(b)\tthe fee on an application to revoke an enforcement determination under section 22(5)(b)(i) of the Act.\n25—Transitional provisions\n\t(1)\tSection 14 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 as in force immediately before the commencement of Part 6 of the Statutes Amendment (Fines Enforcement and Recovery) Act 2013 continues to apply in relation to an application made under that section before 3 February 2014.\n\t(2)\tSection 14 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 as in force immediately before the commencement day continues to apply in relation to an application made under that section before that day.\n\t(3)\tThe Act applies in relation to an enforcement order made before 3 February 2014 under section 13 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 as if—\n\t(a)\tthe order were an enforcement determination made by the Chief Recovery Officer; and\n\t(b)\tin a case where the alleged offender has been given notice of the enforcement order—notice of the determination was given to the alleged offender under section 22 of the Act (as in force after the commencement day) on the day on which notice of the order was so given.\n\t(4)\tIn this regulation—\ncommencement day means the day on which Part 4 of the Act comes into operation.\nSchedule 1—Forms\n1—Seizure and sale of assets (section 36 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 36(5) of the Act, the prescribed form is a form that complies with the following requirements:\n\t(a)\tthe form must include a heading identifying it as a notice under section 36(5) of the Act;\n\t(b)\tthe form must specify the Chief Recovery Officer's determination under section 36 of the Act;\n\t(c)\tthe form must specify—\n\t(i)\tthe number of items of property that must be produced; and\n\t(ii)\ta general description of each item of property to the extent that the debtor or alleged offender can reasonably identify each item of property that must be produced;\n\t(d)\tthe form must direct the debtor or alleged offender to produce the specified items of property and specify—\n\t(i)\tthe date and time at which the debtor or alleged offender must produce the items of property; and\n\t(ii)\tthe place at which the debtor or alleged offender must produce the items of property;\n\t(e)\tthe form must include a statement of the choices available to the debtor or alleged offender, including but not limited to an option for the debtor or alleged offender to contact the Chief Recovery Officer to arrange an alternate occasion on which to produce the items of property;\n\t(f)\tthe form must give notice of section 36(6) of the Act.\n2—Impounding of vehicle (section 41 of Act)\nFor the purposes of section 41(6)(a) of the Act, the prescribed form is a form that complies with the following requirements:\n\t(a)\tthe form must include a heading identifying it as a notice under section 41(6)(a) of the Act;\n\t(b)\tthe form must specify the Chief Recovery Officer's determination under section 41 of the Act;\n\t(c)\tthe form must specify the following in relation to the vehicle the subject of the determination:\n\t(i)\tthe registration number;\n\t(ii)\ta general description of the vehicle;\n\t(d)\tthe form must direct the owner to produce the vehicle and specify—\n\t(i)\tthe date and time at which the owner must produce the vehicle; and\n\t(ii)\tthe place at which the owner must produce the vehicle;\n\t(e)\tthe form must include a statement of the choices available to the owner, including but not limited to an option for the owner to contact the Chief Recovery Officer to arrange an alternate occasion on which to produce the vehicle;\n\t(f)\tthe form must include a statement that the vehicle is to be produced for the purposes of the Chief Recovery Officer exercising a power under the Act;\n\t(g)\tthe form must give notice of section 41(7) of the Act.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tPlease note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.\n\t•\tEarlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2018\n23\nGazette 6.2.2018 p631 \n30.4.2018: r 2\n2018\n150\nGazette 21.6.2018 p2412\n1.7.2018: r 2\n2019\n4\nGazette 17.1.2019 p143\n1.2.2019: r 2\n2019\n32\nGazette 18.4.2019 p1076\n1.7.2019: r 2\n2019\n91\nGazette 13.6.2019 p1910\n1.7.2019: r 2\n2020\n83\nGazette 4.6.2020 p2843\n1.7.2020: r 2\n2020\n105\nGazette 4.6.2020 p2918\n1.7.2020: r 2\n2021\n65\nGazette 3.6.2021 p1840\n1.7.2021: r 2\n2022\n28\nGazette 10.6.2022 p1461\n1.7.2022: r 2\n2023\n34\nGazette 18.5.2023 p977\n1.7.2023: r 2\n2024\n25\nGazette 16.5.2024 p853\n1.7.2024: r 2\n2025\n5\nGazette 20.2.2025 p194\n20.2.2025: r 2\n2025\n29\nGazette 15.5.2025 p1224\n1.7.2025: r 2\nProvisions varied\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nPt 1\n\n\nr 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2002\n1.7.2018\nr 3A\ninserted by 32/2019 r 4\n1.7.2019\n\namended by 5/2025 r 3\n20.2.2025\nPt 2\n\n\nr 4\n\n\nr 4(1)\nvaried by 4/2019 r 4(1)—(3)\n1.2.2019\nr 4(3)\nvaried by 4/2019 r 4(4), (5)\n1.2.2019\nPt 3\n\n\nr 6\n\n\nr 6(1)\nvaried by 150/2018 r 4(1)\n1.7.2018\n\nvaried by 91/2019 r 4(1)\n1.7.2019\n\nvaried by 83/2020 r 4(1)\n1.7.2020\n\nvaried by 65/2021 r 4(1)\n1.7.2021\n\namended by 28/2022 r 3(1)\n1.7.2022\n\namended by 34/2023 r 3(1)\n1.7.2023\n\namended by 25/2024 r 3(1)\n1.7.2024\n\namended by 29/2025 r 3(1)\n1.7.2025\nr 6(2)\nvaried by 150/2018 r 4(2)\n1.7.2018\n\nvaried by 91/2019 r 4(2)\n1.7.2019\n\nvaried by 83/2020 r 4(2)\n1.7.2020\n\nvaried by 65/2021 r 4(2)\n1.7.2021\n\namended by 28/2022 r 3(2)\n1.7.2022\n\namended by 34/2023 r 3(2)\n1.7.2023\n\namended by 25/2024 r 3(2)\n1.7.2024\n\namended by 29/2025 r 3(2)\n1.7.2025\nr 7\ndeleted by 105/2020 r 4\n1.7.2020\nr 11\ndeleted by 150/2018 r 5\n1.7.2018\nrr 16 and 17\ndeleted by 150/2018 r 6\n1.7.2018\nr 19\n\n\nr 19(1)\nvaried by 150/2018 r 7(1)\n1.7.2018\n\nvaried by 91/2019 r 5(1)\n1.7.2019\n\nvaried by 83/2020 r 5(1)\n1.7.2020\n\nvaried by 65/2021 r 5(1)\n1.7.2021\n\namended by 28/2022 r 4(1)\n1.7.2022\n\namended by 34/2023 r 4(1)\n1.7.2023\n\namended by 25/2024 r 4(1)\n1.7.2024\n\namended by 29/2025 r 4(1)\n1.7.2025\nr 19(2)\nvaried by 150/2018 r 7(2)\n1.7.2018\n\nvaried by 91/2019 r 5(2)\n1.7.2019\n\nvaried by 83/2020 r 5(2)\n1.7.2020\n\nvaried by 65/2021 r 5(2)\n1.7.2021\n\namended by 28/2022 r 4(2)\n1.7.2022\n\namended by 34/2023 r 4(2)\n1.7.2023\n\namended by 25/2024 r 4(2)\n1.7.2024\n\namended by 29/2025 r 4(2)\n1.7.2025\nPt 5\n\n\nr 24\nvaried by 150/2018 r 8(1), (2)\n1.7.2018\n\nsubstituted by 105/2020 r 5\n1.7.2020\nSch 2\nsubstituted by 150/2018 r 9\n1.7.2018\n\nsubstituted by 91/2019 r 6\n1.7.2019\n\ndeleted by 105/2020 r 6\n1.7.2020\nHistorical versions\n1.7.2018\n\n1.2.2019\n\n1.7.2019\n\n1.7.2020\n\n1.7.2021\n\n1.7.2022\n\n1.7.2023\n\n1.7.2024\n\n20.2.2025\n\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: operational details for fines enforcement and debt recovery. While the legislative history shows numerous amendments (particularly annual indexation of monetary thresholds), these represent maintenance of existing mechanisms rather than scope expansion. The structure mirrors the parent Act's divisions without significant mission creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to the parent Act (Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017) — nearly every regulation references specific section numbers that must be read together","Duplicated structural provisions: regulations 8 and 12 contain nearly identical 14-point lists for community service requirements (one for pecuniary sums, one for expiation fees)","Multiple historical references to repealed legislation (Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988, old versions of Expiation of Offences Act 1996) creating transitional complexity","Nested conditional logic in regulation 4(1)(f) requiring breakdown of debt categories across six sub-paragraphs with three levels of indentation","Prescribed amounts (dollar thresholds) scattered across regulations 6, 19, and 22, with legislative history showing annual indexation amendments from 2018-2025","Regulation 21 incorporates by reference the Commonwealth Bankruptcy Act 1996 (Cth) for property exemption definitions — external statutory dependency","Transitional provisions in regulation 25 operate across three different legislative time periods (pre-2014, 2014-2018, post-2018)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set out the detailed rules for how South Australia's fines enforcement system works in practice. They operate under the *Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017* and cover how people who owe money to the government (fines, court penalties, and expiation fees) can pay their debts, what happens if they can't pay, and how the Chief Recovery Officer can enforce payment.\n\n**Key areas covered:**\n\n- **Payment arrangements:** How debtors can enter into agreements to pay off fines over time, including converting debt into **community service** (unpaid work for the community instead of cash payment). The rate is set at 7.5 hours of work for every $200 owed, with minimum 7.5 hours total and at least 4 hours per week.\n\n- **Who gets special treatment:** \"Prescribed debtors\" — people who've previously broken payment agreements — face stricter conditions when trying to set up new arrangements.\n\n- **Enforcement tools:** Rules for seizing and selling property (with exemptions for basic household goods), impounding vehicles, and what notices must say when the government takes action against someone's assets.\n\n- **Information sharing:** Allows the Chief Recovery Officer to share debtor details with interstate authorities chasing similar debts in other states and territories.\n\n- **Financial hardship:** People suffering genuine financial hardship can be exempted from certain fees for entering payment arrangements.\n\n- **Reporting:** Requires detailed annual reports on debt collection, including amounts owed, paid, waived, written off, and under enforcement.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\nAnyone in South Australia who owes fines or court-ordered penalties, plus the Chief Recovery Officer's office, community corrections officers who supervise work programs, and interstate debt collection agencies.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThese rules determine whether someone struggling with a fine can work it off through community service instead of facing prison, what protections exist for their basic possessions when enforcement action is taken, and how transparent the debt collection process must be. The regulations balance government revenue collection against fairness for people in financial difficulty."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations do not expand the Act's substantive coverage; they implement and operationalise the Act by prescribing amounts, forms, procedures and exemptions. They set mechanics for enforcement, conversion of debt to community service, reporting by the Chief Recovery Officer, authority to obtain debtor information, and notice content (examples: prescribed amounts $125 and $228 (rr 6, 19), conversion rate 7.5 hours per $200 (rr 8, 12), notice/form requirements (rr 18, Sch 1)). Frequent amendments update parameters but do not alter statutory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-references to the parent Act and other statutes (e.g. Sentencing Act, Expiation of Offences Act) requiring integrated reading","Multiple prescribed numeric thresholds and rates that determine enforcement triggers and conversions (e.g. $125, $228, $200, 7.5 hours)","Detailed operational prescriptions for community service arrangements (reporting, supervision, weekly minimums, meal breaks, scheduling limits) (rr 8, 12)","Delegated administrative discretion and information powers vested in the Chief Recovery Officer (rr 4, 10, 14, 20)","Prescribed content requirements for notices and statutory forms (Sch 1; rr 18, 23) creating compliance burdens","Transitional provisions and a detailed legislative history showing frequent amendments that affect interpretation and operation","Interaction between enforcement mechanisms (seizure, impounding, enforcement determinations) and bankruptcy/exemption rules (r 21)","Hardship and institutional exemptions that create case-by-case decision points (r 24)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations fill out how the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017 works in practice. They set numerical thresholds and fees, prescribe how unpaid fines and expiation fees can be converted into community service (7.5 hours per $200) or enforced, require particular notice and form contents, allow the Chief Recovery Officer to obtain financial/contact information, and create hardship and agency fee exemptions. The rules affect debtors and alleged offenders (who pay or perform service), issuing authorities, and the Chief Recovery Officer (who decides enforcement and reporting)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not retrievable. No comparison between original intent and enacted provisions is possible."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was available for analysis — the source URL returned a 404 error","Cannot assess actual regulatory complexity, cross-references, definitions, or operative provisions","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"The Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Regulations 2018 (SA) are subordinate rules that govern how unpaid fines and government debts are collected and enforced in South Australia. They chiefly affect people with unpaid fines (e.g. traffic or court fines) and the agencies that administer enforcement.\n\nNote: the regulation text couldn’t be retrieved (legislation.sa.gov.au returned a 404, likely after a site restructure around 24 March 2026)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fines-enforcement-and-debt-recovery-regulations-2018/documents"}}