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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
116RExamination warrant—issue
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116R Examination warrant—issue
(1) If the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that a fine
defaulter served with an examination notice has not complied with
the notice, the director-general may apply to the registrar for a warrant
(an examination warrant) for the arrest of the defaulter.
(2) The registrar may refuse to consider the application until the
director-general gives the registrar all the information the registrar
requires about the application in the way the registrar requires.
(3) The registrar may issue an examination warrant for a fine defaulter
only if satisfied that the defaulter was served with an examination
notice under section 116P and—
(a) the defaulter, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with
a requirement of the notice; or
(b) the defaulter—
(i) provided information that was false or misleading in a
material particular; or
(ii) omitted something without which the information was
misleading.
(4) An examination warrant authorises an enforcement officer to—
(a) arrest the fine defaulter named or otherwise described in the
(b) bring the defaulter before the registrar.