New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 89B

89B Provisions relating to service

(1) The intensive correction order and notice may be served on the fine defaulter only in accordance with the directions of the Commissioner of Corrective Services.

(2) The order and 2 copies of the notice are to be served personally on the fine defaulter by the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s officers or by a court bailiff authorised by the Sheriff.

(3) The person who serves an intensive correction order under this Division is required to explain the order to the fine defaulter on whom it is served.

(4) The explanation is to be given in a language likely to be understood by the fine defaulter and is to include information as to the following matters:

(a) the requirements to be complied with by the fine defaulter under the order,

(b) the consequences that may follow if the fine defaulter fails to comply with those requirements,

(c) the fact that the order may be satisfied by payment of such part of the fine as has not been satisfied by the period of imprisonment served under the order.