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108F. Form of interstate fine enforcement order
An interstate fine enforcement order
must specify the following matters:
(a) the offender’s name, address and
date of birth (if known);
(b) a description of the offence, or
alleged offence, in respect of
which each interstate fine to
which the order applies was
imposed;
(c) the originating jurisdiction and
the name of the interstate fine
enforcement authority that
requested the making of the
order;
(d) the date on which each interstate
fine was imposed;
(e) the amount required to be paid,
being the amount of the interstate
fine that remains to be paid,
together with specified
enforcement costs payable in this
jurisdiction.
108G. Amendment or withdrawal of request for
interstate fine enforcement order
(1) The originating jurisdiction for an
interstate fine may, at any time and by
notice in writing to the Director, request
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the Director to amend or withdraw an
interstate fine enforcement order for the
interstate fine.
(2) A request is to be made by electronic
means unless otherwise agreed with the
Director.
(3) A request must include all information
required by the Director to amend or
withdraw the order.
(4) A request may be made whether or not
the interstate fine has been paid.
(5) A notice given to the Director, by the
originating jurisdiction in relation to an
interstate fine, to the effect that the
interstate fine has been partially or fully
paid in the originating jurisdiction is
taken –
(a) to be a request for amendment of
any interstate fine enforcement
order that applies to the interstate
fine (if the interstate fine has been
partially paid); or
(b) to be a request for the withdrawal
of an interstate fine enforcement
order that applies to the interstate
fine or, if the order relates to
more than one interstate fine, for
the partial withdrawal of the
order as it relates to that
particular interstate fine (if the
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interstate fine has been fully
paid).
108H. Amendment or withdrawal of interstate fine
enforcement order
(1) The Director may (and, if requested by
the originating jurisdiction for the
interstate fine, must) amend an interstate
fine enforcement order –
(a) to reduce the amount that is
payable under the order to
recognise payments made in the
originating jurisdiction to
partially discharge the fine; or
(b) to otherwise correct an error.
(2) The Director may withdraw an interstate
fine enforcement order if satisfied that –
(a) the liability of the offender to pay
an interstate fine to which the
order applies has been fully
discharged (otherwise than by
payment to the Director); or
(b) the person named in the order is
not the same person as the person
on whom a fine to which the
order applies was imposed; or
(c) the order was otherwise made in
error.
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(3) An interstate fine enforcement order may
be completely withdrawn or partially
withdrawn to the extent that it applies to
a particular fine.
(4) An interstate fine enforcement order
must be withdrawn, or partially
withdrawn, in accordance with any
request for withdrawal made by the
originating jurisdiction for the interstate
fine.
(5) The Director is to provide written
confirmation to the originating
jurisdiction that an interstate fine
enforcement order has been withdrawn or
amended in accordance with a request
duly made by that jurisdiction.
108I. Effect of amendment or withdrawal of
interstate fine enforcement order
(1) If an interstate fine enforcement order is
amended –
(a) the order continues to have effect
in its amended form; and
(b) any enforcement action already
taken is to be reversed, unless the
same enforcement action is
authorised under the order (as
amended), a Tasmanian
enforcement order or another
interstate fine enforcement order;
and
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(c) any amount that has already been
paid under the order is taken to
have been paid under the order
(as amended); and
(d) any excess amount paid is
repayable to the person by whom
it was paid.
(2) If an interstate fine enforcement order is
withdrawn completely –
(a) the order then ceases to have
effect; and
(b) any enforcement action already
taken is to be reversed, unless the
same enforcement action is
authorised under a Tasmanian
enforcement order or another
interstate fine enforcement order;
and
(c) enforcement costs are not payable
under the order; and
(d) any excess amount paid is
repayable to the person by whom
it was paid.
(3) If an interstate fine enforcement order is
partially withdrawn to the extent that it
applies to a particular fine –
(a) the order continues to have effect
in respect of any remaining
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interstate fine to which it applies;
and
(b) any excess amount paid is
repayable to the person by whom
it was paid.
(4) The withdrawal of an interstate fine
enforcement order does not prevent the
making of a further order in respect of
the interstate fine.
(5) In this section, an excess amount paid is
any amount paid in excess of the total of
the following:
(a) the enforcement costs (if any)
payable under the interstate fine
enforcement order;
(b) the amounts payable under any
Tasmanian enforcement orders in
force in relation to the offender;
(c) if the interstate fine enforcement
order is amended or partially
withdrawn, the amount payable
under the order as in force after
its amendment or partial
withdrawal.
108J. Director may cease enforcement of interstate
fine enforcement order
(1) The Director may, at any time, by notice
given to the interstate fine enforcement
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authority for an interstate fine, cease the
enforcement of an interstate fine
enforcement order.
(2) On receipt of the notice by the interstate
fine enforcement authority for an
interstate fine, responsibility for
enforcement of the interstate fine
enforcement order returns to that
authority.
108K. Enforcement costs payable under interstate
fine enforcement orders
(1) The regulations may prescribe amounts
as enforcement costs for interstate fine
enforcement orders.
(2) Any amount prescribed under subsection
(1) is payable in addition to any other
enforcement costs payable under this
Act.
108L. Application of amounts recovered
(1) Any amount recovered as a consequence
of the making of an interstate fine
enforcement order is to be applied as
follows:
(a) firstly, towards enforcement costs
payable under the interstate fine
enforcement order;
(b) secondly, towards the amount
payable under any Tasmanian
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enforcement order in force in
relation to the offender;
(c) thirdly, towards the amount
payable under the interstate fine
to which the interstate fine
enforcement order applies.
(2) The Director and an interstate fine
enforcement authority for an interstate
fine to which an interstate fine
enforcement order applies may enter into
arrangements for the payment to the
authority or its nominee of any amounts
that are payable under this section
towards the interstate fine.
Division 3 – Enforcement of Tasmanian enforcement
orders in participating jurisdictions
108M. Director may request enforcement of
Tasmanian enforcement order
(1) The Director is authorised –
(a) to make a request in accordance
with the law of a participating
jurisdiction for the enforcement
in that jurisdiction of a
Tasmanian enforcement order;
and
(b) to request the amendment or
withdrawal of enforcement action
in that jurisdiction in accordance
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with the law of the participating
jurisdiction; and
(c) to exercise the functions of a fine
enforcement officer under Part 7
of the Service and Execution of
Process Act 1992 of the
Commonwealth.
(2) The Director may make a request for the
enforcement of a Tasmanian enforcement
order in a participating jurisdiction only
if –
(a) the liability of the offender to pay
the Tasmanian monetary penalty
to which the Tasmanian
enforcement order applies has not
been fully discharged; and
(b) the Director is satisfied that
enforcement action under this Act
has not been successful or is
likely to be unsuccessful; and
(c) there is reason to believe that the
offender has a relevant
connection with the participating
jurisdiction; and
(d) no other enforcement action is
being taken in relation to the
order in any other participating
jurisdiction.
(3) Subsection (2) does not affect any
additional requirements that apply to a
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request for registration of a monetary
penalty as a fine under Part 7 of the
Service and Execution of Process Act
1992 of the Commonwealth.
(4) The Director may enter into
arrangements with a participating
jurisdiction for the payment to the
Director or the Director’s nominee of any
amounts that are recovered in that
jurisdiction in the enforcement of a
Tasmanian enforcement order.
(5) Any amount recovered as a consequence
of the enforcement in another jurisdiction
of a Tasmanian enforcement order (other
than for enforcement costs) is to be dealt
with as if the amount had been paid on
the imposition of the Tasmanian
monetary penalty.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a
request, for registration of a Tasmanian
monetary penalty in another jurisdiction
as a fine under Part 7 of the Service and
Execution of Process Act 1992 of the
Commonwealth, is taken to be a request
for enforcement of a Tasmanian
enforcement order.
108N. Notification of payments made in this
jurisdiction
The Director must notify a participating
jurisdiction of any payment made in this
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jurisdiction in relation to a Tasmanian
monetary penalty –
(a) after the Director requests
enforcement action in relation to
the monetary penalty in the
participating jurisdiction; or
(b) after the monetary penalty is
registered in that jurisdiction as a
fine under Part 7 of the Service
and Execution of Process Act
1992 of the Commonwealth.
Division 4 – Relationship with Part 9
108O. Relationship with Part 9
The provisions of this Part are in addition
to, and do not derogate from, the
provisions of Part 9.
14. Section 109 amended (Amount may be deemed to be
uncollectable)
Section 109 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (2) “the
prescribed amount” and substituting
“$50 000 or a higher amount as may be
prescribed”;
(b) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (3):
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(3A) The Director may deem a
monetary penalty to be
uncollectable if the Director is
satisfied that –
(a) the enforcement debtor is
deceased; or
(b) the enforcement debtor is
a corporation within the
meaning of the
Corporations Act 2001 of
the Commonwealth and –
(i) is in liquidation;
or
(ii) has been
deregistered under
the Corporations
Act 2001 of the
Commonwealth.
(c) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (4):
(4A) In respect of an interstate fine, the
Director may deem as
uncollectable only the costs
incurred by the Director in
enforcing the interstate fine.
15. Section 110 substituted
Section 110 of the Principal Act is repealed and
the following section is substituted:
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110. Director may approve use of information
system
(1) The Director may approve and use a
system (an information system) for any
one or more of the following purposes:
(a) enabling or facilitating electronic
communication between the
Director and an issuing authority;
(b) enabling or facilitating electronic
communication between the
Director and an enforcement
debtor or other person;
(c) enabling an enforcement debtor,
or other person, to access,
manage or update their account
information, including to make
payments or enter into payment
arrangements;
(d) generating, storing, processing or
issuing decisions of the Director
that are authorised by or under
this Act, other than a decision of
a prescribed kind;
(e) enabling decisions referred to in
paragraph (d) to be generated
automatically, in accordance with
approval criteria or operational
parameters approved for that
purpose.
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(2) A decision generated by an information
system under subsection (1)(d) or (e) is
taken to be a decision made by the
Director.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), an
information system approved under this
section may be operated so as to enable
access and functionality on a continuous
basis, including outside ordinary business
hours and on any day of the year.
(4) The Director may determine operational
requirements and safeguards in relation
to the use of an approved information
system, including in relation to –
(a) the conditions under which
automatic decision-making may
occur; and
(b) security and access controls; and
(c) record-keeping, traceability and
audit requirements; and
(d) notification requirements in
relation to decisions or
communications generated by the
information system.
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16. Section 115 amended (Information from
Commissioner of Tasmania Police)
Section 115 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting
the following subsections:
(1) The Commissioner of Police may, on the
Director’s written request, disclose to the
Director information in the possession of
the Police Service about –
(a) a specified person, for the
purpose of enabling the Director
to take action against the person
to enforce payment of an amount
under this Act; or
(b) a person to whom a debt is, or
may be, owed under this Act, for
the purpose of identifying or
locating that person.
(2) The Commissioner of Police may
disclose the following information under
subsection (1):
(a) information about the following
matters, only if it is relevant to
assessing the risk to the safety of
enforcement officers in the
performance of their duties under
this Act and if the disclosure does
not include information relating
solely to a victim or complainant,
except to the extent that it is
relevant to such a safety risk:
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(i) the person’s criminal
history indicating a risk of
violence or aggression;
(ii) threats, violence or
aggressive behaviour
committed by the person,
or involving the person in
a way that poses a safety
risk to enforcement
officers, whether or not
the person has been
charged with, or
convicted of, an offence
in relation to the conduct;
(iii) any firearms licence
issued to, or refused to,
the person, or to any
person residing at the
same address;
(iv) any assets of the person
known to the
Commissioner of Police;
(b) the person’s address;
(c) the person’s telephone number or
other contact details, including
any email address known to the
Commissioner of Police.
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17. Sections 116A and 116B inserted
After section 116 of the Principal Act, the
following sections are inserted in Division 2:
116A. Director may request information
(1) The Director, for the purposes of
administering or enforcing this Act, may
by written notice require any person to
provide –
(a) information known to the person
about a specified matter within a
specified reasonable period and in
a specified reasonable way; or
(b) a document about a specified
matter in the person’s possession
or control within a specified
reasonable period and in a
specified reasonable way.
(2) A person must comply with a
requirement under this section unless the
person has a reasonable excuse,
including but not limited to a legal
obligation not to disclose the information
or document.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty
units.
116B. Service on, or provision to, a person of
information or documents
(1) In this section –