New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 14

14 When an order may be made

(1) A court fine enforcement order may be made only if there has been a default in payment of the fine by the due date.

(2) The State Debt Recovery Office is not required to inquire into whether this section authorises the making of an order in a matter referred to it by the registrar of a court.

(3) A court fine enforcement order may be made in the absence of, and without notice to, the person liable to pay the fine.

(4) The State Debt Recovery Office may, but is not required to, make a court fine enforcement order if a fine to which it is to apply has previously been the subject of a court fine enforcement order in respect of which any enforcement action has been taken.