New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 13

13 Referral for a court fine enforcement order

(1) The registrar of the court that imposed a fine (or, if the fine is payable to the registrar of some other court, the registrar of the court to whom the fine is payable) is to refer the matter to the State Debt Recovery Office for the making of a court fine enforcement order if:

(a) the fine has not been paid by the due date, or

(b) the person is in receipt of a Government benefit and is seeking an order under section 100 (Time to pay) in relation to the fine, or

(c) the person is seeking a work and development order in relation to the fine.

(2) A matter may be referred to the State Debt Recovery Office for the making of a court fine enforcement order:

(a) by post, or

(b) by means of a document exchange, or

(c) by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.

(3) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a court that uses an automated electronic system for the referral of unpaid court imposed fines to the State Debt Recovery Office.