New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 4

4 Meaning of “fine”

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a "fine" is:

(a) any monetary penalty imposed by a court for an offence, or

(b) any amount payable under a penalty notice enforcement order, or

(c) any court fees or charges payable by a person under an order made by a court in proceedings for an offence, or

(d) any compensation levy, or

(e) any witnesses’ expenses payable by a person under an order made by a court in proceedings for an offence that were brought by a law enforcement officer, or

(f) any costs (including expenses or disbursements) payable by a person under an order made by a court in proceedings for an offence that were brought by a law enforcement officer, or

(g) any other amount of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

(2) However, a "fine" does not include any amount of a kind excluded by the regulations.

(2A) For the purposes of this Act, a compensation levy is taken to be a fine imposed by the court by which the person liable to pay the levy was convicted.

(3) In this section, "proceedings for an offence" includes:

(a) proceedings for an apprehended violence order, and

(b) proceedings on appeal in respect of proceedings for an offence.