Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 116R

    (1)     If the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that a fine defaulter served with an examination notice has not complied with the notice, the director-general may apply to the registrar for a warrant (an examination warrant ) for the arrest of the defaulter.

    (2)     The registrar may refuse to consider the application until the director-general gives the registrar all the information the registrar requires about the application in the way the registrar requires.

    (3)     The registrar may issue an examination warrant for a fine defaulter only if satisfied that the defaulter was served with an examination notice under section 116P and—

        (a)     the defaulter, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with a requirement of the notice; or

        (b)     the defaulter—

              (i)     provided information that was false or misleading in a material particular; or

              (ii)     omitted something without which the information was misleading.

    (4)     An examination warrant authorises an enforcement officer to—

        (a)     arrest the fine defaulter named or otherwise described in the warrant; and

        (b)     bring the defaulter before the registrar.