Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (3) and despite a suspension of an original order so far as it requires the payment of a fine, the fine or a part of the fine may be paid.
(2) A fine or part of a fine must be paid, directly or indirectly, to the proper officer of the court in which the original order was made.
(3) If, after a fine option order is made--
(a) payment of part of the amount originally required to be paid by the original order is made--the payment must be applied--
(i) firstly, to the amount of a penalty (other than the fine) required to be paid by the original order; and
(ii) then, to the amount of the fine; or
(b) a payment is applied to the amount of the fine to which the fine option order relates--the number of hours of community service required to be performed by an offender under a requirement of the order must be reduced by a number that bears to the number of hours, as nearly as possible, the same proportion that the amount of the payment bears to the amount of the fine.