Crimes Act 1914

Where:

a person is convicted of a federal offence; or

an order is made under section 19B in relation to a federal offence committed by a person;

to make reparation to the Commonwealth or to a public authority under the Commonwealth, by way of money payment or otherwise, in respect of any loss suffered, or any expense incurred, by the Commonwealth or the authority, as the case may be, by reason of the offence; or

to make reparation to any person, by way of money payment or otherwise, in respect of any loss suffered, or any expense incurred, by the person by reason of the offence.

A person is not to be imprisoned for a failure to pay an amount required to be paid under an order made under subsection (1).

Where:

the court orders a federal offender to make reparation to the Commonwealth, to a public authority of the Commonwealth or to any other person by way of payment of an amount of money; and

the clerk, or other appropriate officer, of the court signs a certificate specifying:

the amount of money to be paid by way of reparation; and

the identity of the person to whom the amount of money is to be paid; and

the identity of the person by whom the amount is to be paid; and

the certificate is filed in a court (which may be the first‑mentioned court) having civil jurisdiction to the extent of the amount to be paid;