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State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
sec.147Effect of notices, orders and warrants
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### sec.147 Effect of notices, orders and warrants
For this Act, a fine collection notice, an enforcement order or a warrant issued by the registrar is taken to be a notice, order or warrant of a Magistrates Court in the central division of the Brisbane Magistrates Court district.
If the registrar believes that the enforcement debtor or any of the enforcement debtor’s property is in a Magistrates Court district other than the Brisbane Magistrates Court district (the receiving district ), the registrar may send a warrant issued by the registrar to the registrar of the court in the receiving district (the receiving registrar ).
The receiving registrar must—
record the warrant; and
stamp the warrant with the court seal; and
issue the warrant to an enforcement officer in the receiving district and record having issued it.
An enforcement officer in the receiving district—
is authorised and required to act as if the warrant had been directed to the enforcement officer; and
must, within a reasonable time, report in writing to the receiving registrar about what the enforcement officer has done to enforce the warrant; and
must, within a reasonable time, give the receiving registrar any money received in the enforcement of the warrant.
s 147 amd 2000 No. 58 s 2 sch ; 2007 No. 3 s 31 ; 2009 No. 48 s 27
(sec.147-ssec.1) For this Act, a fine collection notice, an enforcement order or a warrant issued by the registrar is taken to be a notice, order or warrant of a Magistrates Court in the central division of the Brisbane Magistrates Court district.
(sec.147-ssec.2) If the registrar believes that the enforcement debtor or any of the enforcement debtor’s property is in a Magistrates Court district other than the Brisbane Magistrates Court district (the receiving district ), the registrar may send a warrant issued by the registrar to the registrar of the court in the receiving district (the receiving registrar ).
(sec.147-ssec.3) The receiving registrar must— record the warrant; and stamp the warrant with the court seal; and issue the warrant to an enforcement officer in the receiving district and record having issued it.
(sec.147-ssec.4) An enforcement officer in the receiving district— is authorised and required to act as if the warrant had been directed to the enforcement officer; and must, within a reasonable time, report in writing to the receiving registrar about what the enforcement officer has done to enforce the warrant; and must, within a reasonable time, give the receiving registrar any money received in the enforcement of the warrant.
- (a) record the warrant; and
- (b) stamp the warrant with the court seal; and
- (c) issue the warrant to an enforcement officer in the receiving district and record having issued it.
- (a) is authorised and required to act as if the warrant had been directed to the enforcement officer; and
- (b) must, within a reasonable time, report in writing to the receiving registrar about what the enforcement officer has done to enforce the warrant; and
- (c) must, within a reasonable time, give the receiving registrar any money received in the enforcement of the warrant.