Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 116K

    (1)     The director-general may, on application, approve in writing an arrangement for—

        (a)     further time for the payment of all or part of an outstanding fine; or

        (b)     payment of all or part of an outstanding fine by instalments.

    (2)     An arrangement under subsection (1) may also be made for an amount that is overdue for payment under a previous approved arrangement.

    (3)     To the extent to which an approved arrangement is inconsistent with an order about payment of the fine made by the court that imposed it, the arrangement prevails.

    (4)     An application for approval of an arrangement must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     state the grounds on which it is made; and

        (c)     be given to the director-general by the due date for payment stated in the current penalty notice or default notice for the fine; and

        (d)     for an offender to whom a default notice has been sent—contain any particulars requested by the director-general in the notice.

    (5)     An offender may not make an application under this section in relation to a fine if the offender is subject to a voluntary community work order, or committed to imprisonment, in relation to the fine.

    (6)     If an approval of an arrangement concerns a fine for which a penalty notice or default notice has been given to an offender, the director-general must—

        (a)     vary the current penalty notice or default notice in accordance with the approval; and

        (b)     give the offender a copy of the notice as varied.