112CRestitution amounts taken to be court imposed fines

112C Restitution amounts taken to be court imposed fines

112C Restitution amounts taken to be court imposed fines

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a restitution amount is taken to be a fine imposed by a court.

(2) Accordingly—

(a) the Commissioner may make a court fine enforcement order under Division 3 of Part 2 for the enforcement of a restitution amount, and

(b) enforcement action may be taken in respect of that amount under this Act.

(3) The court fine enforcement order may be in a form that is appropriate to the circumstances of the case.

(4) A reference in Division 3 of Part 2 to the registrar of the court is taken, in relation to a restitution amount, to be a reference to the Commissioner of Victims Rights.

Note.

Under the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013, the Commissioner of Victims Rights has the functions of the registrar under that Division in relation to a restitution amount.

s 112C: Ins 2017 No 6, Sch 1 [9].