FINES, PENALTIES AND
INFRINGEMENT NOTICES ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENT ACT
652. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon
Michael Mischin who is on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the consequences of
royal assent given to the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement
Amendment Act 2020 on 19 June 2020.
(1) Precisely how
many unserved warrants of commitment were cancelled as a consequence of royal
assent and for how many offenders?
(2) How many
offenders in custody for warrants of commitment alone were released, and for
each offender identify —
(a) whether they were male or female;
(b) whether they were Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander;
(c) the offences
for which they had been fined and which led to the issue of a warrant of
commitment and the amount of that fine;
(d) whether they had failed to enter
time-to-pay arrangements or defaulted on them;
(e) whether they had failed to enter
into work and development orders or defaulted on them;
(f) for how long the fines had been outstanding before
the warrants of commitment were issued; and
(g) what action
will now be taken to enforce the court-ordered fines that are in default?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
It is not possible to provide the
information in the time required; therefore, I ask the honourable member to
place the question on notice.
I note, by way of my statement, it
is a nine-part question and it is not possible to give that level of detail in
the time required.