STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 97
When debt redirected under fine collection notice
STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 97
When debt redirected under fine collection notice
97 When debt redirected under fine collection notice
(1) A fine collection notice authorising redirection of a debt belonging to an
enforcement debtor from a third person must be served on the third person to
have effect.
(2) On service of the notice on the third person, the debt is
redirected in the hands of the third person to SPER to the extent of the
amount stated in the notice.
(3) However, this section does not limit the
right of—
(a) the third person to dispute liability to pay all or part of
the debt to the enforcement debtor; or
(b) another interested person
including, for example, a person other than an enforcement debtor, to claim an
entitlement to all or a part of the debt or to a charge or lien on it.
(4)
This section does not apply to a regular redirection of a regular debt
belonging to an enforcement debtor from a financial institution.