Director must waive payment of relevant infringement fines or relevant court fines if section 171AC does not apply
171AD Director must waive payment of relevant infringement fines or relevant court fines if section 171AC does not apply
S. 171AD(1) amended by No. 17/2022 ss 18(1), 49(2).
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Director must waive any outstanding amount of a relevant infringement fine or relevant court fine of a person who has made a request under section 171AB unless the Director is required to make an application to the relevant court under section 171AC on behalf of that person.
S. 171AD(2) amended by No. 17/2022 s. 49(3).
For the purposes of subsection (1), the outstanding amount of the relevant infringement fine or relevant court fine that may be waived by the Director must not exceed an amount that is equivalent to 24 months in custody where one penalty unit or part of a penalty unit is equivalent to one day in custody.
S. 171AD(3) inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 18(2).
The Director must not waive any outstanding amount of a relevant infringement fine if the time of the alleged commission of the infringement offence is on or after the date that the person to whom the relevant infringement fine relates was taken into custody.
Note to s. 171AD inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 18(2), substituted by No. 17/2022 s. 49(4).
Note
The waiver of an outstanding amount of a relevant infringement fine or relevant court fine of a person under this section includes the waiver of any fees and costs added to the relevant infringement fine or relevant court fine.
S. 171AE inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 185, amended by No. 17/2022 s. 50.
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