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Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
87Meaning of relevant outstanding amount
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87 Meaning of relevant outstanding amount
(1) In this Division:
relevant outstanding amount, in relation to an enforcement order
at any time, means the amount payable under the enforcement
order that remains unpaid at that time.
(2) If a fine defaulter was a youth at the time that one or more of the
relevant offences were committed or alleged to have been
committed, for the purposes of determining the relevant outstanding
amount:
(a) only an amount payable in respect of any offences committed
or alleged to have been committed when the fine defaulter
was 18 years or over is to be taken into account; and
(b) enforcement costs are to be apportioned pro rata on the basis
of the amounts payable for the fines and penalties imposed for
the offences committed or alleged to have been committed.
(3) In calculating the amount that remains unpaid, account is to be
taken of any partial satisfaction of the fine or penalty by performing
work under a community work order under Division 9 or by service
of any part of the period of imprisonment under this Division.