Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020
69Enforcement of monetary penalties and payment of costs
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69 Enforcement of monetary penalties and payment of costs
69 Enforcement of monetary penalties and payment of costs
(1) When a decision of the Secretary to impose a monetary penalty has taken effect and the amount required to be paid has not been paid to the Secretary—
(a) registration held by the person required to pay is taken to be suspended until that amount is paid to the Secretary, and
(b) that amount may be recovered by the Secretary as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) The Secretary may agree in writing to extend the time for payment by a person of an amount referred to in subsection (1) and, in that case, that subsection does not have effect with respect to the person during the extension of time.
(3) The Secretary’s failure to enter into an agreement under this section cannot be reviewed by the Tribunal in an application for an administrative review made under this Act.