New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 112

112 Enforcement of forfeited bail money

(1) Part 4 (Fine enforcement action) applies to forfeited bail money as if the amount payable were a fine imposed by a court for an offence.

(2) The application of that Part is subject to the following:

(a) the State Debt Recovery Office is to make a court fine enforcement order for the purposes of taking enforcement action (being a form of order that is appropriate to the circumstances of the case),

(b) enforcement costs are not payable on the making of the order,

(b1) if the State Debt Recovery Office is served with a copy of an application or appeal duly made under section 53K or 53N of the Bail Act 1978 in relation to forfeited bail money, action under Part 4 may not be commenced or continued until proceedings on the application or appeal are finally determined,

(c) all other necessary or prescribed modifications to the application of that Part apply.