Fines Reform Act 2014

This Part applies if an infringement offender is eligible to perform unpaid community work under a community work permit and consents to do so.

The sheriff must not issue a community work permit to an infringement offender if the total amount of the outstanding registered infringement fines under an enforcement warrant exceeds an amount equivalent to the value of 100 penalty units.

A community work permit must not be issued to an infringement offender unless the sheriff is satisfied that the infringement offender—

has the capacity to perform unpaid community work; and

is reasonably unlikely to contravene the conditions of a community work permit.

The sheriff in considering whether the sheriff is satisfied under subsection (3)(b) may take into consideration any contravention by the infringement offender of—

a community work permit issued to the infringement offender; or

any order imposed on the infringement offender under the Sentencing Act 1991.