GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 61C Enforcement of orders for payment

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 61C

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   under subsection   39FA(6), 39FB(3), section   61AJA or subsection   61B(5) or (5A), a court orders a person to pay an amount; and

  (b)   the court has civil jurisdiction to the extent of the amount;

the order is enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of the court in favour of the Commonwealth.

  (2)   Where:

  (a)   under subsection   39FA(6), 39FB(3), section   61AJA or subsection   61B(5) or (5A), a court orders a person to pay an amount; and

  (b)   the court:

  (i)   does not have civil jurisdiction; or

  (ii)   has civil jurisdiction, but does not have civil jurisdiction to the extent of the amount;

a proper officer of the court shall issue to the Minister a certificate in the prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars.

  (3)   The certificate may, in a prescribed manner and subject to the prescribed conditions (if any), be registered in a court having civil jurisdiction to the extent of the amount ordered to be paid to the Commonwealth.

  (4)   Upon registration under subsection   (3), the certificate is enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of the court in favour of the Commonwealth.

  (5)   The cost of registration of the certificate and other proceedings under this section shall, subject to the prescribed conditions (if any), be deemed to be payable under the certificate.