Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 42

42 Application to pay by instalments

(1) Within 28 days after the date of an enforcement order, the enforcement debtor may apply to SPER for approval to pay the amount stated in the order by instalments.

(2) The application must be made—

(a) in the approved form; or

(b) in another way acceptable to SPER.

Examples of other ways an application may be made that may be acceptable to SPER—

• by telephone

• by use of the internet

(3) The enforcement debtor must, at the time of making the application, be informed by SPER of the consequences of failing to pay the account within the time allowed, including by instalments.

(4) If the registrar is satisfied the application was made by the enforcement debtor, the registrar may allow the amount to be paid by stated instalments of not less than the minimum instalment.

(5) Despite subsection (4) , the registrar may, if satisfied exceptional circumstances exist, allow the amount to be paid by stated instalments of less than the minimum instalment.

(6) The registrar must give the enforcement debtor notice of the decision.

(7) If the registrar decides to allow payment of the amount by instalments, the registrar must also give the enforcement debtor an instalment payment notice for the amount.