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Fines Act 1996
108HAmendment or withdrawal of interstate fine enforcement orders
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#### 108H Amendment or withdrawal of interstate fine enforcement orders
108H Amendment or withdrawal of interstate fine enforcement orders
> > (1) The Commissioner may (and, if requested by the originating jurisdiction for the interstate fine, must) amend an interstate fine enforcement order—
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> > > (a) to reduce the amount that is payable under the order to recognise payments made in the originating jurisdiction to partially discharge the fine, or
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> > > (b) to otherwise correct an error.
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> > (2) The Commissioner may withdraw an interstate fine enforcement order if satisfied that—
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> > > (a) the liability of the offender to pay an interstate fine to which the order applies has been fully discharged (otherwise than by payment to the Commissioner), or
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> > > (b) the person named in the order is not the same person as the person in respect of whom a fine to which the order applies was imposed, or
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> > > (c) the order was otherwise made in error.
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> > (3) An interstate fine enforcement order may be completely withdrawn or partially withdrawn to the extent that it applies to a particular fine.
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> > (4) An interstate fine enforcement order must be withdrawn, or partially withdrawn, in accordance with any request for withdrawal made by the originating jurisdiction for the interstate fine.
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> > (5) The Commissioner is to provide written confirmation to the originating jurisdiction that an interstate fine enforcement order has been withdrawn or amended in accordance with a request duly made by that jurisdiction.
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> **s 108H:** Ins 2013 No 82, Sch 1 \[43\].