Enforcing restitution order, Sheriff’s powers for
120A Enforcing restitution order, Sheriff’s powers for
If a person against whom a restitution order has been made does not comply with the order, the victim in whose favour the order was made may request the Sheriff of Western Australia to seize the property and deliver it to the victim.
On receiving a request under subsection (1), and if satisfied that the restitution order is in force, the Sheriff may —
seize the property and deliver it to the victim; and
for the purposes of seizing the property, enter any place where the Sheriff reasonably believes the property may be.
Regulations may provide for the costs of the Sheriff to be paid by the victim and then recovered from the person who did not comply with the restitution order.
[Section 120A inserted: No. 57 of 1999 s. 33; amended: No. 20 of 2013 s. 131.]
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