New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAS SUPPLY ACT 1996 - SECT 75

75 Orders for payment to operate as judgments

(1) An order under this Division for the payment of money:

(a) may be made by a court on its own motion, or on the application of the authorised supplier or licensed distributor concerned, at any time within 6 months after the date of the finding, and

(b) if made by the Local Court, may be enforced in the Local Court in its exercise of jurisdiction under Part 3 of the Local Court Act 2007 .

(2) Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 applies to and in respect of an order made by the Local Court under this Division as if:

(a) the order were a judgment of the Local Court in civil proceedings, and

(b) the amount ordered to be paid were a judgment debt, and

(c) the person against whom the order is made were a judgment debtor, and

(d) the person in whose favour the order is made were a judgment creditor.

(3) The remedy provided by this section is an alternative to any other remedy that may be available apart from this section.