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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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