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Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
101Declaration of reciprocating court
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101 Declaration of reciprocating court
If a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth has laws
providing for enforcement in that State or Territory of a Northern
Territory fine against a body corporate, the Minister may by notice
in the Gazette:
(a) declare a court of summary jurisdiction in that State or
Territory to be a reciprocating court; or
(b) declare a class of courts of summary jurisdiction in that State
or Territory to be a class of reciprocating courts.