29Amounts paid in respect of registered foreign pecuniary penalty orders

29 Amounts paid in respect of registered foreign pecuniary penalty orders

Where a foreign pecuniary penalty order is registered in a court in Australia under the Mutual Assistance Act, any amount paid (whether in Australia, in the foreign country in which the order was made or elsewhere) in satisfaction of the foreign pecuniary penalty order shall be taken to have been paid in satisfaction of the debt that arises by reason of the registration of the foreign pecuniary penalty order in that court.