Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
77Community work order
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77 Community work order (a) a fine defaulter has not paid the fine or penalty and enforcement costs as required by the notice of the enforcement order served on him or her; and (b) the Director believes on reasonable grounds that enforcement action under Division 8 (whether initiated or not) will not be effective in satisfying the enforcement order;
Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 48 the Fines Recovery Unit may make a community work order requiring the fine defaulter to participate in an approved project in order to work off the amount that remains unpaid. (2) The Fines Recovery Unit may make a community work order in the absence of and without notice to the fine defaulter. (4) An appeal does not lie in respect of the making of a community work order under this Division or the failure to make such an order.