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Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
122Reciprocal enforcement of fines against bodies corporate
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122 Reciprocal enforcement of fines against bodies corporate
(1) If, before the commencement of this Act, the Territory has received
a request from the relevant officer of a reciprocating court for the
purposes of Part VIA of the Justices Act 1928:
(a) the request is to be taken to have been made under Part 6;
and
(b) the conviction is to be taken to have been registered under
that Part; and
(c) a notification of an amount received in the matter by the
reciprocating court is to be taken to have been received under
that Part.
(2) If a warrant has been issued in the matter, it is cancelled on the
Fines Recovery Unit making a fine enforcement order in
accordance with section 102.
(3) If, before the commencement of this Act, the Territory has made a
request of a reciprocating court under Part VIA of the Justices
Act 1928, the request is to be taken to have been made under
section 103.
(4) A court or class of courts declared to be a reciprocating court or
class of courts for the purposes of Part VIA of the Justices Act 1928
is or are to be taken to be a reciprocating court or class of courts for
the purposes of Part 6 until the Minister makes a declaration under
section 101 with respect to the State or Territory of the court or
class of courts.