9Director to collect and enforce monetary penalties

9 Director to collect and enforce monetary penalties

(1)  The Director is the sole authority for collection and enforcement of a fine, except where the fine is imposed for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.

(2)  The Director is the sole authority for collection and enforcement of any monetary penalty imposed by an infringement notice issued by a non-fee-paying public sector body and referred to the Director.

(3)  The Director is the sole authority for enforcement of any monetary penalty imposed by an infringement notice issued by a fee-paying public sector body and, if the notice is referred to the Director by that body, the Director also becomes the sole authority for collection of money paid under the notice.

(4)  [Section 9 Subsection (4) substituted by No. 4 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:01 Jun 2011] Notwithstanding subsection (1) , a fee-paying public sector body may enforce payment of a fine, or part of a fine, through the Civil Division of the Magistrates Court or the Supreme Court, if under section 109 the fine has been deemed by the Director to be uncollectable in full or in part and the uncollectable amount has been removed from any record of monies owing to the Director.