Section sec.180 - Justices Act 1886 - Reciprocating States and Territories and reciprocating courts

sec.180Reciprocating States and Territories and reciprocating courts

Start here

Get a plain-English read of sec.180

Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Justices Act 1886.

### sec.180 Reciprocating States and Territories and reciprocating courts The Governor in Council may declare another State or a Territory, being a State or Territory having laws providing for enforcement in that State or Territory of a fine payable under a conviction or order of a Magistrates Court or other court having a summary jurisdiction in Queensland against a body corporate in that State or Territory, to be a reciprocating State or Territory for the purposes of the enforcement in Queensland of a fine payable under a conviction or order of a court having summary jurisdiction in the other State or in the Territory against a body corporate in Queensland. The Governor in Council may declare a court having summary jurisdiction in a reciprocating State or Territory to be a reciprocating court for the purposes of the enforcement in Queensland of a fine payable under a conviction or order of that court against a body corporate in Queensland. s 180 prev s 180 om 1899 63 Vic No. 9 s 3(2)sch 3 pres s 180 ins 1974 No. 25 s 13 amd 1992 No. 40 s 106 ; 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 (sec.180-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may declare another State or a Territory, being a State or Territory having laws providing for enforcement in that State or Territory of a fine payable under a conviction or order of a Magistrates Court or other court having a summary jurisdiction in Queensland against a body corporate in that State or Territory, to be a reciprocating State or Territory for the purposes of the enforcement in Queensland of a fine payable under a conviction or order of a court having summary jurisdiction in the other State or in the Territory against a body corporate in Queensland. (sec.180-ssec.2) The Governor in Council may declare a court having summary jurisdiction in a reciprocating State or Territory to be a reciprocating court for the purposes of the enforcement in Queensland of a fine payable under a conviction or order of that court against a body corporate in Queensland.