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Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994
2The *Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Amendment Act 2003* s. 12 reads as follows:
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2 The *Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Amendment Act 2003* s. 12 reads as follows:
12. Validation
agreement means an agreement or arrangement for the payment of an amount owed or an amount outstanding (within the meaning of sections 40 and 61 respectively of the *Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994*);
commencement means the day on which this Act comes into operation;
offender means —
(a) an offender within the meaning of section 28; or
(b) a body corporate referred to in section 61,
of the *Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994*.
(2) An agreement entered into, or purportedly entered into, by or on behalf of the Sheriff of Western Australia with an offender before the commencement has, and is deemed always to have had, force and effect.
(3) An agreement entered into, or purportedly entered into, by a delegate of the Sheriff of Western Australia with an offender before the commencement has, and is deemed always to have had, force and effect.
3 The *Courts and Tribunals (Electronic Processes Facilitation) Act 2013* s. 95 had not come into operation when it was deleted by the *Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Amendment Act 2020* s. 107.
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
affected vehicle 95I(1)
aggregate amount owed 56A
alleged offence 11
alleged offender 11, 100
amending Act 109A(1)
amount outstanding 61(1)
amount owed 28(1), 56A
applicant 101(1), 101AA(2), 101A(1)
approved form 3(1)
approved sponsor 28(1), 100
arresting officer 52ZC(1)
audio link 28(1)
authorised police officer 28(1)
bank 63(1)
bank account garnishee order 63(1), 95M(2)
CCO 28(1)
CEO (corrections) 3(1)
CEO (fines enforcement) 3(1)
child 3(1)
claimant 93(1)
commencement 111(1), 112(1), 113(1)
commencement date 32(5)
Commissioner of Police 3(1)
community corrections activities 28(1)
community corrections centre 28(1)
community corrections officer 28(1)
contractor 100
court 28(1)
court custody centre 28(1)
court officer 28(1)
daily expiation amount 52B
debtor 63(1)
detainee 28(1)
detention centre 28(1)
Director General 3(1)
dishonoured payment 3(1)
disposed of 101AA(1)
disposed of 101B(6)
driver’s licence 3(1)
due date 18(3), 42(3)
dwelling 63(1)
earnings 63(1)
election 11
electricity corporation 3(1)
eligibility assessment 46C(3)
enforceable registered fine 28(1)
enforcement action 68B(1)
enforcement fees 11, 28(1), 56A, 63(1)
enforcement instrument 28(1)
enforcement warrant 11, 28(1)
fine 28(1), 56A, 59
fine enforcement (WDO) order 28(1)
fine expiation order 28(1)
first commencement day 115
former Act 115
garnishee order 63(1), 95M(2)
garnishee order on earnings 63(1), 95M(2)
give 3(1)
hardship 3(1)
infringement notice 11
interest 70(1)
issue day 52H(1)
licence suspension order 11, 28(1), 101D(1A)
mobile home 63(1)
modified penalty 3(1)
multiple payments garnishee order 63(1), 95V(2)
number plate 3(1)
offender 28(1), 100, 108A(1)
ongoing fine expiation order 28(1), 52I(1)
order to attend for work and development 28(1)
outstanding balance 3(1), 14A(4)
outstanding balance payment order 56A, 56AB
outstanding order to pay or elect 56A, 56AA
outstanding payment obligation 56A
outstanding registered fine 56A, 56B
owner 63(1)
paid 3(1)
pay period 95P(1)
period of concurrent imprisonment 115
period served 53(7)
personal property 63(1)
person in court custody 28(1)
place 63(1)
police facility 28(1)
prescribed enactment 11
principal enactment 11
prison 28(1)
prisoner 28(1)
proceeds 96(1)
prosecuting authority 11, 32B(2)
prosecuting officer 11
protected bank account amount 63(1)
protected earnings amount 63(1)
public authority 70(1), 100
reciprocating court 59
reciprocating State or Territory 59
registered 11, 28(1), 96(7)
Registrar 3(1)
Registrar’s website 3(1)
Registry 3(1)
relevant amount 10B(1), 119(3)
relevant details 56A, 56C
relevant fines 52N(1), 117(1)
relevant information 100
relevant payer 63(1), 95O(1)
relevant warrants 117(1)
remote area 3(1)
requesting officer 100A(1)
required activity 46H(1)
required hours 50(1)
research 100
responsible officer 28(1), 52ZC(2)
road law 3(1)
saleable interest 63(1), 71(1), 88(1)
second commencement day 115
section 78 notice 119(1)
serve 3(1)
Sheriff 3(1)
single payment garnishee order 63(1), 95V(2)
specified period 53(7)
third commencement day 115
time to pay order 11, 28(1)
transitional period 113(1), 115
unpaid infringement amount 11
vehicle 63(1)
vehicle licence 3(1)
video link 28(1)
warning notice 63(1)
warrant 63(1)
warrant amount 53(6), 53(7)
warrant of commitment 28(1)
warrant of commitment inquiry 28(1), 52M(1)
warrant of commitment inquiry process 28(1), 52M(2)
work and development instrument 28(1)
work and development order (WDO) 3(1)
work and development permit (WDP) 3(1)
young person 10B(1)
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