166CEnforcement of fine

166C Enforcement of fine (a) a fine is payable by a body corporate under a conviction of a reciprocating court; and (b) the registrar receives a written request from the relevant officer of the reciprocating court for the enforcement of the conviction accompanied by— (i) a copy, certified by the relevant officer to be correct, of the conviction; and (ii) a certificate signed by the relevant officer stating the amount of the fine that remains unpaid; the registrar must register the conviction by filing in the court the certified copy of the conviction and noting the date of the registration on the copy. (2) On the registration of a conviction under subsection (1)— (a) the conviction is taken, for this part, to be a conviction of the court adjudging payment of a fine by the body corporate in the amount stated as unpaid in the certificate mentioned in subsection (1) (b); and (b) the registrar must make an enforcement order for the purpose of recovering the amount mentioned in paragraph (a); and

Division 3.9.3 Reciprocal enforcement of fines against bodies corporate (c) subject to this section, this Act and the rules applying to civil proceedings in the Magistrates Court apply in relation to an enforcement order made under paragraph (b) as if the order had been made in a civil proceeding in the court. (3) If a request is made under this section in relation to a fine payable under a conviction of a reciprocating court and the registrar later receives a notification from the relevant officer of the reciprocating court of payment of an amount in satisfaction in whole or part of the amount of the fine, the registrar must note the particulars of the payment on the certified copy of the conviction filed in the court. (4) If— (a) an enforcement order is made under subsection (2) in relation to a fine; and (b) before enforcement, the registrar receives a notification mentioned in subsection (3) in relation to the fine; the registrar must stay the order. (5) On the stay of the order, the registrar must— (a) if the amount of the fine has been paid in full—set aside the order; or (b) if part of the amount of the fine remains unpaid—amend the order to show the amount still unpaid. (6) If an enforcement order is amended under subsection (5) (b), the order must be enforced in relation to the amount of the fine shown in the order as unpaid. (7) If an amount of money is paid to the registrar in satisfaction in whole or in part of a fine payable under a conviction registered under subsection (1), the registrar must remit the amount to the relevant officer of the reciprocating court by which the conviction was entered.

Enforcement of criminal decisions—other provisions Division 3.9.4 (8) For this section, a document that purports to have been signed by the relevant officer of a reciprocating court is taken to have been so signed unless the contrary is proved.