Fines Act 1996 No 99
Current version for 13 May 2013 to date (accessed 24 May 2013 at 16:39)
Part 5Section 108

108   Enforcement of New South Wales fine by reciprocating court

(1)  Where another State has laws providing for enforcement in that State of a New South Wales fine against a body corporate, the State Debt Recovery Office may (on its own behalf or on behalf of the registrar of a New South Wales court) send a request in writing to the relevant officer of the reciprocating court for the enforcement of the New South Wales fine.
(2)  Any amount received from a reciprocating court by the State Debt Recovery Office or the registrar of a court in satisfaction of the whole or part of a New South Wales fine is to be applied as if the amount had been paid to the Office or registrar by the body corporate by which the fine was payable in satisfaction of the whole or part of the fine.
(3)  If:
(a)  a request has been made under subsection (1), and
(b)  an amount is received by the State Debt Recovery Office (otherwise than from the relevant officer of the reciprocating court to whom the request was made) in satisfaction of the whole or part of the fine,
      the Office is required, as soon as practicable, to notify that relevant officer of the amount of the payment.
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