State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999

For this Act, a fine collection notice, an enforcement order or a warrant issued by the registrar is taken to be a notice, order or warrant of a Magistrates Court in the central division of the Brisbane Magistrates Court district.

If the registrar believes that the enforcement debtor or any of the enforcement debtor’s property is in a Magistrates Court district other than the Brisbane Magistrates Court district (the receiving district), the registrar may send a warrant issued by the registrar to the registrar of the court in the receiving district (the receiving registrar).

The receiving registrar must—

record the warrant; and

stamp the warrant with the court seal; and

issue the warrant to an enforcement officer in the receiving district and record having issued it.

An enforcement officer in the receiving district—

is authorised and required to act as if the warrant had been directed to the enforcement officer; and

must, within a reasonable time, report in writing to the receiving registrar about what the enforcement officer has done to enforce the warrant; and

must, within a reasonable time, give the receiving registrar any money received in the enforcement of the warrant.