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STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 52A
Working out period of imprisonment for arrest and imprisonment warrant
52A Working out period of imprisonment for arrest and imprisonment warrant
(1) The period of imprisonment that may be stated in an arrest and
imprisonment warrant for an amount ordered to be paid by a court must be the
period worked out by dividing the amount stated in the warrant, less any
enforcement or administrative fees added by SPER, by the relevant cut-out rate
for a court order rounded down to the nearest whole number and expressed as a
number of days.
(2) The period of imprisonment that may be stated in an
arrest and imprisonment warrant for an infringement notice offence must be the
period worked out by dividing the amount stated in the warrant, less any
enforcement or administrative fees added by SPER, by the cut-out rate for an
infringement notice offence, rounded down to the nearest whole number and
expressed as a number of days.
(3) However, the maximum period that may be
stated in an arrest and imprisonment warrant for an amount a surety must pay
under the Bail Act 1980 or the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 must not be
more than 2 years.
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