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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.84Certificates
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### sec.84 Certificates
A certificate given by the chief executive (corrective services) or an authorised corrective services officer, stating—
that the offender named in the certificate has performed community service under a fine option order for the number of hours stated; or
that the offender named in the certificate has failed to perform community service under a fine option order; or
that the fine, or part of the fine, to which an original order relates, has been paid;
is evidence of the matters.
When, in the opinion of the chief executive (corrective services), a fine option order is discharged, it must forward a certificate stating the opinion, and the reasons for the opinion, to—
if a clerk of the court made the order—the court in which the original order was made; or
in any other case—the court that made the fine option order.
s 84 amd 1999 No. 9 s 3 sch ; 1999 No. 67 s 13
(sec.84-ssec.1) A certificate given by the chief executive (corrective services) or an authorised corrective services officer, stating— that the offender named in the certificate has performed community service under a fine option order for the number of hours stated; or that the offender named in the certificate has failed to perform community service under a fine option order; or that the fine, or part of the fine, to which an original order relates, has been paid; is evidence of the matters.
(sec.84-ssec.2) When, in the opinion of the chief executive (corrective services), a fine option order is discharged, it must forward a certificate stating the opinion, and the reasons for the opinion, to— if a clerk of the court made the order—the court in which the original order was made; or in any other case—the court that made the fine option order.
- (a) that the offender named in the certificate has performed community service under a fine option order for the number of hours stated; or
- (b) that the offender named in the certificate has failed to perform community service under a fine option order; or
- (c) that the fine, or part of the fine, to which an original order relates, has been paid;
- (a) if a clerk of the court made the order—the court in which the original order was made; or
- (b) in any other case—the court that made the fine option order.