Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 (TAS)

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Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005

An Act to provide for the appointment of the Director of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service and the collection and enforcement of payment of monetary penalties

[Royal Assent 9 December 2005]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005. 2CommencementThe provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed. 3InterpretationIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – administrative enforcement means the imposition of an administrative sanction under Part 6; approved means approved by the Director; Australian driver licence has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999; civil enforcement means the imposition of a civil sanction under Part 7; Commissioner means a Commissioner within the meaning of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976; [Section 3 Amended by No. 20 of 2013, s. 59, Applied:20 Jun 2013] compensation order means an order made under Division 2 of Part 9 of the Sentencing Act 1997; conveyance includes an aircraft, vehicle or vessel; court means a court as defined in section 6; [Section 3 Amended by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] debt means any amount stated in an enforcement order that remains unpaid, including any prescribed amount imposed by or under this Act, and any other costs made recoverable under this Act; Director means the Director, Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service appointed under section 8; Director, Community Corrections means the person appointed under the State Service Act 2000 to manage probation officers working on community corrections programs under section 88 of the Corrections Act 1997; discharge, in respect of a monetary penalty or a debt, means – (a) to pay in full; or (b) to complete a period of community service in accordance with an MPCSO; or (c) to complete a period of imprisonment imposed in respect of the non-payment of the debt; or (d) to have the Director deem the debt to be uncollectable in accordance with section 109; or (e) any combination of paragraphs (a) to (d) which fully satisfies the debt; driver licence has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999; earnings, in relation to an enforcement debtor, means any amount payable to the enforcement debtor by way of wages or salary and any other emolument payable in addition to wages or salary; enforcement costs means any costs incurred in enforcing payment of a monetary penalty under this Act; enforcement debtor means a person to whom an enforcement order has been issued under Part 5; enforcement officer means a person engaged under section 10(2)(a) or appointed under section 12(3); enforcement order means an enforcement order issued under Part 5; enforcement warrant means an enforcement warrant issued under Part 7; fee-paying public sector body

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