New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

VICTIMS COMPENSATION REGULATION 1997 - REG 7

7 Enforcement of compensation levy where defendant imprisoned or detained

(1) This clause applies to a compensation levy imposed in respect of a conviction for which the person has been sentenced to imprisonment or children’s detention.

(2) A compensation levy to which this clause applies that is not paid by the due date is to be enforced by deducting the amount due from the person’s prison earnings.

(3) The registrar of the court to whom the compensation levy is payable is to serve notice of the amount unpaid on the relevant custodial officer, who may make the appropriate deduction from the person’s prison earnings.

(4) Any amount of the compensation levy that remains unpaid when the person is discharged from the correctional centre or detention centre is taken to have been satisfied by the period of imprisonment or detention served by the person.

(5) In this clause:
"prison earnings" means:

(a) in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment-the person’s earnings at the correctional centre in which the person is imprisoned, or

(b) in the case of a person sentenced to children’s detention-the funds held on behalf of the person at the detention centre in which the person is detained.

"relevant custodial officer" means:

(a) in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment-the Commissioner of Corrective Services or the governor of the correctional centre in which the person is imprisoned, or

(b) in the case of a person sentenced to children’s detention-the Director-General of the Department of Community Services or the person in charge of the detention centre in which the person is detained.