FINES REFORM ACT 2014 (NO. 47 OF 2014) - SECT 42 Person may apply for payment arrangement

FINES REFORM ACT 2014 (NO. 47 OF 2014) - SECT 42

    (1)     Subject to subsection (4), a natural person, including a child or a declared director, who has an infringement fine or a court fine may apply to the Director for a payment arrangement to pay the fine.

    (2)     A body corporate which has an infringement fine or a court fine may apply to the Director for a payment arrangement to pay the fine, unless a director of the body corporate is a declared director.

    (3)     An application for a payment arrangement must not be made—

        (a)     in the case of a body corporate, after the seizure of property under an enforcement warrant; and

        (b)     in any other case, after the expiry of the seven-day notice in respect of a fine.

    (4)     A payment arrangement may include an infringement fine even if it is not a registered infringement fine.

    (5)     An application for a payment arrangement may be made in the case of an infringement offence for which an infringement notice was served on a child at any time before the infringement penalty in respect of that offence is registered with the Children's Court under clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 .

    (6)     An application for a payment arrangement must not be made in relation to any fine imposed on a child under Part 5.3 of Chapter 5 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 .