Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If a court makes an original order for an offender, the offender may apply to the court for a fine option order.
(2) If--
(a) the original order directs that the offender is to pay the fine--
(i) immediately--the application may be made on the day on which the order is made; or
(ii) within a fixed time--the application may be made at any time before the end of the fixed time; or
(b) the offender is given a notice under section 54--the application may be made at any time before the end of the time fixed in the original order.
(3) The application must--
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) state the particulars that are relevant having regard to the matters of which the court is required to be satisfied under section 58(1); and
(c) be signed by the applicant; and
(d) be lodged--
(i) if the court is the Supreme Court or a District Court--in the registry of that court; or
(ii) if the court is a Magistrates Court--with the clerk of the court.
(4) On the lodging of the application, the original order is suspended so far as it requires the payment of a fine.
(5) Section 8 does not apply to this section.