If you take no action
Civil sanctions
If the enforcement order is still unpaid after RTA restrictions are imposed, we can pursue the following civil actions to recover the outstanding fine.
- Issue a property seizure order
- This allows the Sheriff to enter your home or workplace and seize goods belonging to you to auction to pay the outstanding enforcement order.
- Issue a garnishee order to your employer or bank
- The garnishee order requires your employer or bank to deduct money from your wages or bank account to pay the outstanding enforcement order amount.
- Issue an examination summons
- We can issue you with a summons to attend court where an SDRO representative will examine your financial circumstances to determine any future action for you to pay the outstanding enforcement order amount.
- Place a charge on land
- The charge will prevent you from selling your property until you pay the outstanding enforcement order amount.
For each civil sanction an enforcement cost of $50 is added to the fine unless you were under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and the enforcement action was taken after 1 September 2004.
What options do you have if you receive a civil sanction?
If you have a civil sanction you have the following options:
- pay in full before the due date
- apply for time to pay by instalments
- request a review of the enforcement action if you believe it was issued in error or wish to have it heard before a court.
Last updated:
24-Apr-2008
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