VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 193 Registration of unpaid amount under State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 193

193 Registration of unpaid amount under State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999

(1) If a person who is liable to pay an amount under section 191(4) fails to pay the amount, or pays only a part of the amount, the scheme manager may give particulars of the unpaid amount to the SPER registrar for registration under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 34 as if—

(a) the notice given under section 191(3) were an order of a court fining a person the amount stated in the notice; and

(b) the scheme manager were the registrar of that court; and

(c) the particulars were the prescribed particulars of the unpaid amount of a fine imposed by that court.

(2) The SPER registrar must register the particulars under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 34 and for that purpose that Act applies with all necessary and convenient changes.

(3) The fine option order provisions and imprisonment provisions do not apply in relation to an amount payable under section 191(4).

(4) For this section, the person who is liable to pay an amount under section 191(4) fails to pay the amount if—

(a) the scheme manager gives the person a notice under section 191(3) about the amount; and

(b) the person fails to pay the amount within the period stated in the notice, or a longer period agreed to by the scheme manager.

(5) If the person’s liability to pay an amount under section 191(4) is reduced under section 188(3), or section 191(5) or (6)—

(a) the scheme manager must give the SPER registrar notice of the reduction; and

(b) the SPER registrar must amend the particulars registered under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 34 to reflect the reduction.

(6) In this section—


"fine option order provisions" means the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 41 (c) and the other provisions of that Act relating to fine option orders.


"imprisonment provisions" means the following—

(a) the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 52 to the extent it applies to an arrest and imprisonment warrant, and the other provisions of that Act relating to arrest and imprisonment warrants;

(b) the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , part 6 .