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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
116XMagistrates court may make fine enforcement order
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116X Magistrates court may make fine enforcement order
(1) The Magistrates Court may, on application by the director-general,
make a fine enforcement order against a fine defaulter if the court is
satisfied that—
(a) the order would not be unfair or cause undue hardship to the
defaulter or any other person affected by the order; and
Example—other person affected
a dependent of the defaulter
(b) it is otherwise in the interests of justice to make the order.
(2) A fine enforcement order may contain 1 or more of the following
orders:
(a) an earnings redirection order;
(b) a financial institution deduction order;
(c) a property seizure order.
(3) For subsection (1) (a) and (b), the court must have regard to
information the court has about any of the following:
(a) the defaulter’s income;
(b) the defaulter’s assets;
(c) the defaulter’s equitable interest in property;
(d) any debts payable to the defaulter;
(e) any other means the defaulter has of satisfying the outstanding
fine;
(f) the defaulter’s reasonable living expenses, including the
reasonable living expenses of anyone dependent on the
defaulter;
(g) the need to give effect to the considerations of specific and
general deterrence that formed part of the decision of the
sentencing court that imposed the fine on the defaulter;
(h) whether the defaulter has knowingly attempted to misrepresent
his or her financial affairs to evade payment of the fine;
(i) any other relevant matter.
(4) The court may make a fine enforcement order against a fine defaulter
in the absence of, and without notice to, the defaulter.
Fine enforcement orders—earnings redirection orders Division 6A.3.4
Division 6A.3.4 Fine enforcement orders—earnings
redirection orders