Fines Act 1996 (NSW)

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Does not include amendments by—

Fines Amendment Act 2019 No 13, Sch 1[2] [5]–[7] [56] and [57] (not commenced)

whole Act: Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.21[1] (“Roads and Maritime Services” omitted wherever occurring, “Transport for NSW”inserted instead).

An Act relating to fines and their enforcement, and to other matters.

Part 1Preliminary1Name of Act

This Act is the Fines Act 1996.

2Commencement(1)

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation, subject to subsection (2).

(2)

The day appointed for the commencement of clause 2 of Schedule 3 is to be a day that is at least 3 months before the day appointed for the commencement of clause 3 of that Schedule.

Note.

Clause 2 of Schedule 3 provides for an amnesty period, before the application of the Act to existing fine defaulters under clause 3 of that Schedule, during which action to commit existing fine defaulters to prison is suspended.

3Definitions(1)

In this Act—

Act includes a Code or other statutory provision of another jurisdiction that applies as a law of this State.

appropriate officer for a penalty notice—see section 22.

approved electronic manner—see section 4A.

approved form means a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes of the provision in which the term is used.

authorised officer has the meaning given by section 116B.

civil enforcement action means action under Division 4 of Part 4.

combined payment arrangement has the meaning given by section 100.

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Fines Administration referred to in section 113.

community service order—see section 79.

Note.

A community service order applies in relation to a child.

court means the Supreme Court, the Industrial Relations Commission, the Land and Environment Court, the District Court, the Local Court, the Children’s Court or any other court.

court fine enforcement order—see section 12.

driver licence means a driver licence under the Road Transport Act 2013.

exercise of a function includes the performance of a duty.

fine—see section 4.

fine defaulter means a person liable to pay a fine under a fine enforcement order.

fine enforcement order means a court fine enforcement order or a penalty notice enforcement order.

function includes a power, authority or duty.

Hardship Review Board means the Hardship Review Board constituted under the State Debt Recovery Act 2018.

issuing agency, in relation to a penalty notice or official caution, means the agency in or by which the appropriate officer who issued the penalty notice or gave the caution is employed or engaged.

law enforcement officer means a person exercising law enforcement functions in the official capacity of any of the following—

  • (a)

    the Director of Public Prosecutions, a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions or a Solicitor for Public Prosecutions,

  • (b)

    a Crown Prosecutor,

  • (c)

    a police officer,

  • (d)

    a public servant,

  • (e)

    an officer or employee of a statutory body representing the Crown,

  • (f)

    a member or an employee of a…

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