Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 - SECT 121

Enforcement of monetary orders

121. Enforcement of monetary orders



(1) A person to whom payment is to be made under a monetary order may enforce
the order by filing in the appropriate court-

   (a)  a copy of the order certified by a presidential member or the
        principal registrar to be a true copy; and

   (b)  that person's affidavit as to the amount not paid under the order.

(2) No charge is to be made for filing a copy of an order or an affidavit
under this section.

(3) On filing, the order must be taken to be an order of the appropriate
court, and may be enforced accordingly.

(4) In this section-

appropriate court means a court that would have jurisdiction to enforce a debt
of the equivalent amount to the amount required to be paid under a monetary
order.