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STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 23
Application to pay fine by instalments
23 Application to pay fine by instalments
(1) This section applies if— (a) an alleged offender is served with an
infringement notice for an offence; and
(b) the fine for the offence is at
least the threshold amount.
(2) Within 28 days after the date of the
infringement notice, the alleged offender may apply to the administering
authority for approval to pay the fine by instalments of not less than the
minimum instalment.
(3) The application must be made in— (a) the approved
form; or
(b) another way acceptable to the administering authority. Examples
of other ways an application may be made that may be acceptable to the
administering authority— • by telephone
• by use of the internet
(4) The application must be accompanied by the first instalment, unless the
application authorises the payment of the instalment by direct debit from an
account the person holds with a financial institution.
(5) The administering
authority must approve the application if— (a) the application complies with
this section; and
(b) the administering authority is satisfied the
application was made by the alleged offender.
(6) If the administering
authority approves the application, the alleged offender may pay all remaining
instalments to SPER in any way acceptable to SPER.
(7) The administering
authority must, at the time the alleged offender makes the application, inform
the alleged offender of the consequences of failing to pay the instalments.
(8) Subsection (4) only requires an administering authority to accept payment
of an instalment by direct debit if the administering authority is capable of
accepting it.
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