63Invoicing and payment of financial penalties

63 Invoicing and payment of financial penalties

63 Invoicing and payment of financial penalties

(1) The mandatory standards may provide for the following—

(a) the systems and procedures to be implemented for invoicing in connection with financial penalties,

(b) the data and information to be relied on in determining liability for financial penalties,

(c) the procedures for the payment and processing of payment of financial penalties,

(d) the circumstances in which a carrier or stevedore is or is not permitted to make a deduction from or set off against a financial penalty payable by the carrier or stevedore.

(2) A carrier or stevedore must pay a financial penalty required to be paid under this Part—

(a) within 14 days after receiving an invoice for the penalty from the carrier or stevedore to whom the penalty is payable, and

(b) in accordance with the procedures established by the mandatory standards for the payment and processing of payment of financial penalties.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) The mandatory standards may provide for the circumstances in which a financial penalty that would otherwise be payable under this Part is not payable or is to be reduced.

(4) The amount of a financial penalty specified in this Part does not include GST.

(5) The amount of a financial penalty payable in a particular case must be increased by the applicable GST payable for the financial penalty.

(6) A financial penalty is recoverable as a debt.