Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013

Public bill · Government · Presented

The proposal would make it easier for people to pay fines in instalments and allow courts to collect unpaid fines directly from wages or occupational pensions, or by recovering money from their property. Courts would consider a person’s financial circumstances when setting a fine and could use community service instead of prison when fines remain unpaid; imprisonment would generally be a last resort. It would also allow courts to obtain relevant income and welfare information to help recover fines.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the payment and recovery of fines imposed on persons convicted of offences; to provide that the court imposing any such fine on such a person shall take into account the person's financial circumstances; to provide for the making of community service orders in respect of such persons, or the commitment to imprisonment of such persons, in certain circumstances where such fines imposed on them are not paid; to consequentially repeal or amend other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 10 May 2018