Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 150A

150A Registrar may write off unpaid fine or other amount

(1) The registrar may write off all or part of a fine or another amount payable by a person under this Act, whether or not any part of the fine or other amount is payable to someone other than the State—

(a) if the person dies; or

(b) if the person is a corporation that has been deregistered; or

(c) if there is insufficient information to establish the identity of the person liable to pay the fine or other amount; or

(d) in other circumstances permitted under a guideline issued by the Minister under section 150B .

(2) However, a fine or other amount that has been written off may be reinstated if—

(a) the fine or other amount was incorrectly identified for writing off; or

(b) the reinstatement is permitted under a guideline issued by the Minister under section 150B .

(3) The fine or other amount—

(a) stops being payable from the time it is written off; and

(b) starts being payable again from the time it is reinstated.