(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , a court that orders an offender to pay a fine must also order that the fine be paid within 28 days.

(2)  In special and unusual circumstances, a court may order that the fine be paid within a period of less than 28 days.

(2A)  If a court that orders an offender to pay a fine does not order that the fine be paid within a period of 28 days or less, the court is to be taken to have ordered that the fine be paid within a period of 28 days.

(3)  A court is not to impose any condition of payment other than the period within which payment is to be made.

(4)  An order under subsection (1) or (2) may be made so as to apply from –

(a) the date of conviction or on which the finding of guilt was made; or

(b) if the offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that is not wholly suspended, the date on which the offender is released in respect of that term.