• “(f) section 66 of the Dog Control Act 1996; or

• “(g) section 139 of the Land Transport Act 1998; or

• “(h) section 260A of the Fisheries Act 1996; or

• “(i) section 162 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999; or

• “(j) section 357 of the Gambling Act 2003; or

• “(k) any provision of any other Act providing for the use of the infringement notice procedure under section 21”.

• “(2AA) The reminder notice referred to in subsection (2) and subsection (3C) must,—

  • “(a) if a form has been prescribed in any other Act or in regulations made under any other Act for the relevant infringement offence or the relevant class of infringement offences, be in that form; or

  • “(b) if no form has been so prescribed, be in the general form prescribed in regulations made under this Act.”

• “(3) The informant may provide particulars of the reminder notice in accordance with subsections (4) and (4A) if—

  • “(a) a reminder notice has been served under subsection (2); and

  • “(b) on the expiration of 28 days from the date of service of that notice,—

    • “(i) the infringement fee for the offence has not been paid to the informant at the address specified in the notice; and

    • “(ii) the informant has not received at that address a notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence.”

• “(3D) The informant may provide particulars of the reminder notice in accordance with subsections (4) and (4A) if—

  • “(a) a reminder notice has been served under subsection (3C)(b); and

  • “(b) on the expiration of 28 days from the date of service of that notice, the infringement fee for the infringement offence has not been paid to the informant at the address specified in the notice.”

• “(4) For the purposes of subsections (1), (3), and (3D) and subsections (4A) to (5A), the particulars of a reminder notice are—

  • “(a) the contents of the reminder notice, or such parts of the reminder notice that are prescribed as the particulars for the purposes of this subsection; and

  • “(b) any particulars relating to the service of the infringement notice and reminder notice that may be prescribed; and

  • “(c) any other particulars that may be prescribed.

• “(4A) The particulars described in subsection (4)—

  • “(a) must be provided by the informant in electronic form in a manner and by means of an electronic system approved by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice; and

  • “(b) once provided, must, for the purposes of any enactment or rule of law, be treated as information held in a Court in relation to its judicial functions.

• “(4B) Particulars of a reminder notice provided under subsection (3) or subsection (3D), and in accordance with subsection (4A), must be verified by the Ministry of Justice to ensure they contain the particulars described in subsection (4)(a) and (b), in accordance with a procedure approved by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice.

• “(4C) When particulars of a reminder notice provided under subsection (3) or subsection (3D) are verified under subsection (4B) as containing the particulars described in subsection (4)(a) and (b), the reminder notice is deemed to have been filed in the Court appointed for the exercise of the criminal jurisdiction which is the nearest by the most practicable route to the place where the offence was alleged to have been committed.

• “(5) If, following the verification under subsection (4B) of particulars of a reminder notice provided under subsection (3), a reminder notice is deemed to have been filed in a Court within 6 months from the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed, an order is deemed to have been made in that Court (as if on the determination of an information in respect of the offence) that the defendant pay a fine equal to the amount of the infringement fee for the offence together with costs of the prescribed amount.

• “(5A) If, following the verification under subsection (4B) of particulars of a reminder notice provided under subsection (3D), a reminder notice is deemed to have been filed in a Court within 12 months from the time when the infringement offence is alleged to have been committed, an order is deemed to have been made in that Court (as if on the determination of an information in respect of the offence) that the defendant pay a fine equal to the amount of the infringement fee then remaining unpaid for the offence together with costs of the prescribed amount.

• “(5AB) An order under subsection (5) or subsection (5A) is deemed to have been made on the date that the relevant reminder notice is deemed to have been filed under subsection (4C).”

“21A Evidence of particulars of reminder notice deemed to have been filed in Court by electronic means

• In any proceedings, a computer printout of the particulars of a reminder notice deemed to have been filed in a Court under section 21(4C), sealed with the Seal of the Court and purporting to be signed and certified by the Registrar of that Court as a printout that may be used for the purposes of this section, is, in all courts, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, sufficient evidence of—

  • “(a) those particulars having been provided and verified in accordance with section 21:

  • “(b) the reminder notice deemed to have been filed in a Court and the order deemed to have been made as a consequence.”

• “(1B) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of proceedings commenced in the way described in section 21(3) or (3D).”

“78B Power to correct irregularities in proceedings for infringement offences

• “(1) This section applies if a defendant is deemed to have been ordered, or is ordered, to pay a fine or costs or both under section 21 and—

  • “(a) a District Court Judge or Registrar, on the application of the defendant, is satisfied, whether on the basis of a statutory declaration or evidence given before the Judge, that—

    • “(i) the defendant is not a person to whom the infringement notice was issued or on whom the notice is deemed to have been served; or

    • “(ii) the defendant did not in fact receive the reminder notice, or a copy of the notice of hearing, required to have been served on the defendant under section 21; or

    • “(iii) some other irregularity occurred in the procedures leading up to the order for the fine or costs, or both; or

    • “(iv) the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that he or she had requested a hearing under section 21, but this request was not acted on by the informant; or

    • “(v) the defendant reasonably believed that he or she had been advised by the informant that action would not be taken under section 21(3); or

    • “(vi) the defendant reasonably believed that he or she had been advised by the informant that further time for requesting a hearing would be allowed under section 21(6)(b), but action was taken under section 21(3) before that further time had expired; or

    • “(vii) the defendant—

      • “(A) had, in writing, requested further relevant information from the informant in relation to the infringement offence; and

      • “(B) had made the request within a time that would reasonably enable the informant to respond before the earliest time at which the informant would be entitled to take action under section 21(3); and

      • “(C) believed on reasonable grounds that the informant had not refused to provide the requested information and that action would not be taken under section 21(3) before that information had been provided; and

      • “(D) was not provided with the information before action was taken under section 21(3); or

  • “(b) the informant applies to a District Court Judge or Registrar to withdraw the reminder notice filed or deemed to have been filed under section 21.

  “(2) The Judge or, subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Registrar may do one or more of the following:

  • “(a) authorise the informant to serve a reminder notice on a person other than the defendant (being a person to whom the infringement notice was issued or on whom it was deemed to have been served):

  • “(b) authorise the informant to serve on the defendant another copy of the reminder notice or the notice of hearing and, for that purpose, require the defendant to specify an address at which personal service, service by post, or service by either method may be effected:

  • “(c) grant a hearing or rehearing of the matter, and proceed with the hearing or rehearing immediately or set it down for a later date:

  • “(d) set aside or modify the order:

  • “(e) make any other order as to costs or otherwise that the Judge or Registrar considers appropriate in the circumstances.

  “(3) If a Registrar considering an application under subsection (1)(a) is satisfied that any of subparagraphs (i) or (iv) to (vii) of subsection (1)(a) applies, the Registrar must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (2)(a) or (b) except with the consent of the informant.

  “(4) A Registrar may not exercise the power conferred by subsection (2)(d).

  “(5) If a Judge or Registrar exercises a power under subsection (2)(a), (b), or (c), the order made or deemed to have been made against the defendant ceases to have effect and the Registrar must take appropriate steps to ensure that the order is not acted on.

  “(6) If a defendant granted a hearing or rehearing under this section does not appear, the Court may, if it thinks fit, without hearing or rehearing the matter, direct that the original order be restored.”

“86B Registrar may vary, suspend, or cancel arrangement for extension of time to pay fine or attachment order

• “(1) A Registrar may vary, suspend, or cancel an arrangement extending the time to pay a fine, or an attachment order, if the Registrar has reason to believe that—

  • “(a) the defendant has, for the purpose of entering into the arrangement, or in connection with the making of the attachment order, supplied false or misleading information about the defendant's financial position; or

  • “(b) the defendant's financial position has changed significantly since the date on which—

    • “(i) the arrangement was entered into; or

    • “(ii) the attachment order was made.

  “(2) A Registrar may vary, suspend, or cancel an arrangement extending the time to pay a fine if another fine that is not subject to the arrangement is imposed on the defendant and—

  • “(a) the defendant agrees in writing to the variation, suspension, or cancellation proposed by the Registrar; or

  • “(b) the defendant defaults in the payment of the subsequent fine, and—

    • “(i) the Registrar is unable to contact the defendant; or

    • “(ii) the Registrar contacts the defendant but is unable to reach any agreement with the defendant as to how the subsequent fine is to be paid.

  “(3) A Registrar may vary, suspend, or cancel an attachment order, if another fine that is not subject to the attachment order is imposed on the defendant and the defendant defaults in the payment of the subsequent fine, and—

  • “(a) the Registrar is unable to contact the defendant; or

  • “(b) the Registrar contacts the defendant, but is unable to reach any agreement with the defendant as to how the subsequent fine is to be paid.

  “(4) Before exercising the power in subsection (1) on the ground that subsection (1)(b) applies, the Registrar must consult with the chief executive of any appropriate government department or other government body that the Registrar has reasonable grounds to believe has information that is relevant to the defendant's financial position.

  “(5) If subsection (1), (2)(b)(ii), or (3)(b) applies, before varying, suspending, or cancelling an arrangement extending the time to pay or the attachment order, as the case may be, the Registrar must—

  • “(a) serve on the defendant a written notice—

    • “(i) setting out the action that the Registrar proposes to take and the reasons for the action; and

    • “(ii) indicating that the defendant may make a written submission to the Registrar as to why the Registrar should not take the proposed action and that this submission must be received by the Registrar within 10 working days after the date of the notice; and

  • “(b) consider any written submissions received from the defendant within the 10-working day period referred to in paragraph (a)(ii).

  “(6) A notice under subsection (5) is sufficiently served if—

  • “(a) it is delivered to the defendant; or

  • “(b) it is sent to the defendant by ordinary post to the defendant's last known place of residence or business.

  “(7) The variation, suspension, or cancellation of an arrangement extending the time to pay takes effect,—

  • “(a) where subsections (1) or (2)(b)(ii) apply,—

    • “(i) if no written submissions are received by the Registrar within the 10-working day period referred to in subsection (5)(b), on the expiry of that period; or

    • “(ii) if written submissions are received by the Registrar within the 10-working day period referred to in subsection (5)(b) and the Registrar decides to proceed with the proposed action, on a date specified by the Registrar in a further written notice served on the defendant; or

  • “(b) where subsection (2)(a) applies, on the date that the Registrar receives the written agreement of the defendant under that subsection; or

  • “(c) where subsection (2)(b)(i) applies, on a date specified by the Registrar.

  “(8) If the Registrar suspends or cancels an attachment order in accordance with this section,—

  • “(a) the Registrar must serve a notice of the suspension or cancellation on the employer to whom it relates; and the provisions relating to service in subsections (1) and (2) of section 104 apply with any necessary modifications; and

  • “(b) the suspension or cancellation takes effect when the notice is served on the employer in accordance with this subsection.

  “(9) If the Registrar varies an attachment order under this section, the Registrar must issue a new attachment order under section 87 in place of the existing order.

  “(10) In this section and sections 87 and 87AA, arrangement extending the time to pay a fine means an arrangement that—

  • “(a) provides for either or both of the following:

    • “(i) allowing a defendant a greater time to pay a fine:

    • “(ii) allowing a defendant to pay a fine by instalments; and

  • “(b) is entered into by—

    • “(i) a Registrar under section 86; or

    • “(ii) a bailiff under section 86A (in which case the arrangement must have come into force in accordance with that section).”

“87 Action where fine not paid or where arrangement or attachment order cancelled

• “(1) If the defendant defaults in the payment of any fine or a Registrar cancels an arrangement extending the time to pay a fine, or an attachment order, in accordance with section 86B, the Registrar may—

  • “(a) issue a warrant to seize property; or

  • “(b) make an attachment order attaching any salary or wages payable or to become payable to the defendant; or

  • “(c) issue a deduction notice requiring a bank to deduct the amount due from a sum payable or to become payable to the defendant.

  “(2) Enforcement procedures commenced under this section must cease on payment of the unpaid amount of the fine.

  “(3) The powers conferred by this section may not be exercised by a Registrar who is a constable.”

• “(ia) considering whether to vary, suspend, or cancel an arrangement extending the time to pay a fine or an attachment order under section 86B; or”.

• “(e) the residential address and residential telephone number of the defendant:

• “(f) the type of any benefit that is paid to the defendant:

• “(g) the unique number assigned to any benefit that is paid to the defendant.”

• “(3A) If the defendant has died and the chief executive is aware of that fact, the chief executive must advise the Registrar accordingly on receipt of a notice under subsection (1).”

• “(b) the time or times by which the bank must pay the amounts deducted; and

• “(ba) that the amounts deducted must be paid to a person, or into a trust account, in accordance with section 208; and”.

• “(2A) The deduction notice issued by the Registrar must specify that if on any occasion the amount of a deduction required to be made is greater than the amount that is payable or becomes payable to the defendant, the amount to be deducted on that occasion is the amount that is payable or becomes payable to the defendant.”

• “(1) This section applies if—

  • “(a) the Registrar has taken enforcement action under section 87 but the fine remains unpaid; or

  • “(b) the Registrar is satisfied that the defendant does not have the means to pay the fine; or

  • “(c) the Registrar is satisfied that—

    • “(i) reasonable steps have been taken to locate the defendant but the defendant has not been located and therefore enforcement action would be unlikely to be effective; or

    • “(ii) for any other reason enforcement action would be unlikely to be effective.

• “(2) The Registrar may—

  • “(a) order that the defendant be brought before the Registrar; or

  • “(b) refer the matter to a District Court Judge or Community Magistrate with a report on the circumstances of the case.

• “(2A) If the Registrar refers a matter to a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate, the Registrar may order that the defendant be brought before the Judge or Community Magistrate.

• “(2B) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) or subsection (2A) the Registrar may, if necessary, issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest.

• “(2C) Without limiting any other provision of this Act, a warrant for the defendant's arrest under subsection (2B) may be in the form of a computer printout of information entered by a Registrar into a computer system accessible to the police or a bailiff, and the following provisions apply in relation to every such warrant:

  • “(a) information about a defendant that is so entered by the Registrar may be printed out by a sworn member of the police or a bailiff, and for all purposes constitutes a warrant for the arrest of the defendant:

  • “(b) the absence of any signature on the printout does not affect its validity as a warrant:

  • “(c) the warrant is valid for a period of 7 days beginning on the date of its printing, and the warrant then lapses:

  • “(d) at any time and from time to time after a warrant lapses under paragraph (c),—

    • “(i) the Registrar may re-enter the particulars into the same computer system or enter the particulars into any other computer system available to the police or a bailiff:

    • “(ii) a sworn member of the police or a bailiff may obtain a further printout of the original information entered by the Registrar or obtain a printout of the re-entered information or of the information entered into the other computer system, and every such printout constitutes a fresh warrant for the arrest of the defendant.

• “(2D) A warrant issued under this section may be executed by a sworn member of the police or by a bailiff.

• “(2E) If a defendant is arrested under a warrant issued for the purpose of subsection (2)(a), the following provisions apply:

  • “(a) the defendant must be brought before the Registrar:

  • “(b) the defendant is bailable as of right:

  • “(c) section 46 of this Act and Part 3 of the Bail Act 2000 apply with any necessary modifications as if the appearance before the Registrar constituted part of the hearing of a charge:

  • “(d) for the purpose of any bail application by the defendant, if the defendant cannot practicably be brought immediately before the Registrar, a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate, any member of the police or a bailiff may take the bail bond of the defendant and Parts 1 to 3 of the Bail Act 2000 apply with necessary modifications as if the bail bond were taken by a member of the police under section 21(1) of the Bail Act 2000.

• “(2F) If a defendant is arrested under a warrant issued for the purpose of subsection (2A), the following provisions apply:

  • “(a) the defendant must be brought before a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate or, if neither a District Court Judge nor a Community Magistrate is available, the Registrar:

  • “(b) where the defendant is brought before the Registrar, the Registrar must appoint a time and place for the defendant to appear before a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate:

  • “(c) the defendant is bailable as of right:

  • “(d) section 46 of this Act and Part 3 of the Bail Act 2000 apply with necessary modifications as if the appearance before the Registrar or a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate constituted part of the hearing of a charge:

  • “(e) if the defendant cannot practicably be brought immediately before a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate or the Registrar, any member of the police or a bailiff may take the bail bond of the defendant and Parts 1 to 3 of the Bail Act 2000 apply with necessary modifications as if the bail bond were taken by a member of the police under section 21(1) of the Bail Act 2000.

• “(2G) If a defendant is brought before a Registrar under subsection (2)(a), the Registrar may examine the defendant as to his or her financial position and may—

  • “(a) invoke one or more of the enforcement actions in section 87; or

  • “(b) enter into an arrangement with the defendant under section 86; or

  • “(c) if the Registrar is satisfied that neither of the actions described in paragraphs (a) or (b) will be effective, refer the defendant to a District Court Judge or a Community Magistrate with a report on the case, in which case subsections (2A) to (2D) and subsection (2F) apply.”

• “(fa) if the amount that the defendant owes in respect of 1 unpaid fine, or in total in respect of more than 1 unpaid fine, is $5,000 or more, refer the matter to the Registrar with a direction that action be taken under section 96A of the District Courts Act 1947 in relation to 1 or all of the fines making up the total owing by the defendant as if the fine or fines were an order for the payment of money and as if the Registrar had obtained the order; or”.

• “(2) The Registrar may make an order remitting any fine imposed by, or resulting from the enforcement of, an order deemed to have been made, or made, under section 21(5), (5A), or (9) if the Registrar is satisfied that the defendant is dead and that the fine cannot be recovered from the defendant's estate.”

• “(3) Without limiting any other provision of this Act, a warrant to seize property referred to in subsection (1) may be in the form of a computer printout of information entered by a Registrar into a computer system accessible to the police or a bailiff, and the following provisions apply in relation to every such warrant:

  • “(a) information about a defendant that is so entered by the Registrar may be printed out by a sworn member of the police or a bailiff, and for all purposes constitutes a warrant to seize property:

  • “(b) the absence of any signature on the printout does not affect its validity as a warrant:

  • “(c) the warrant is valid for a period of 28 days beginning on the date of its printing, and the warrant then lapses:

  • “(d) at any time and from time to time after a warrant lapses under paragraph (c),—

    • “(i) the Registrar may re-enter the particulars into the same computer system or enter the particulars into any other computer system available to the police or a bailiff:

    • “(ii) a sworn member of the police or a bailiff may obtain a further printout of the original information entered by the Registrar or obtain a printout of the re-entered information or of the information entered into the other computer system, and every such printout constitutes a fresh warrant to seize property.”

• “(1) This section applies if—

  • “(a) an attachment order is being made in respect of a defendant, or the Registrar is considering whether to vary, suspend, or cancel an attachment order made in respect of a defendant; and

  • “(b) the name, address, and telephone number of the employer of the defendant, or any of those details, are unknown or require clarification.

• “(1A) If this section applies, a Registrar may, by notice in writing, require the Commissioner of Inland Revenue to provide the Registrar with all or any of the following details:

  • “(a) the name of the employer of the defendant:

  • “(b) the address of the employer of the defendant:

  • “(c) the telephone number of the employer of the defendant.”

• “(3) If the defendant has died and the Commissioner of Inland Revenue is aware of that fact, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue must advise the Registrar accordingly on receipt of a notice under subsection (1A).”

• “(1) Every employer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who dismisses any employee or alters any employee's position in the employer's business or undertaking to the employee's prejudice by reason of—

  • “(a) the employee having been ordered to pay 1 or more fines; or

  • “(b) an attachment order having been served on the employer; or

  • “(c) the employer becoming aware that an attachment order is being or has been made in respect of the employee.”

• “(3) The period is 6 months after, as the case may be,—

  • “(a) the employer becomes aware that the employee has been ordered to pay 1 or more fines; or

  • “(b) the employer is served with an attachment order in respect of the employee; or

  • “(c) the employer becomes aware that an attachment order is being made or has been made in respect of the employee.

• “(4) Nothing in this section affects the employer's right to take disciplinary action against the employee for breaching a condition of the employee's employment that relates to—

  • “(a) the commission of an offence; or

  • “(b) the failure to pay any fine in full before enforcement action is due.”

• “(l) a Registrar or bailiff or constable may exercise any power, duty, or function conferred on him or her under Part 3, or under any regulations made under this Act as far as they relate to Part 3:

• “(m) any fine or any other money payable on any conviction or order made by a Court may be paid, or may be accepted by any person authorised to accept that payment:

• “(n) any act necessary to give effect to a direction under section 88(3)(fa):

• “(o) any other act specified in regulations made under this Act as an act that can be done on Sunday.”

• “(na) an informant may provide particulars of a reminder notice under section 21:”.

• “(3) No act done on a Sunday in breach of the provisions of subsection (1) is invalidated solely on the ground that it was done on a Sunday.”

“208 Payment of money to department

• “(1) This section applies to—

  • “(a) all Court fees, fines, reparation, costs, and other money payable on an information or complaint or on any conviction or order made by a Court; and

  • “(b) any sum levied by or paid to any member of the police or a bailiff under any warrant.

  “(2) A sum referred to in subsection (1) must be paid in the first instance in any of the following ways:

  • “(a) to any Registrar; or

  • “(b) to any person nominated by the chief executive of the department for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act as a person who may receive payments under this section; or

  • “(c) into any trust account administered for the purpose by the department for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act.

  “(3) Any sum received under this section by any Registrar or person nominated under subsection (2)(b) must be paid by him or her into a trust account administered by the department for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act, where it may be held until it is paid—

  • “(a) to any person who is entitled to it under any enactment or by any order of the Court made under an enactment; or

  • “(b) into another Departmental Bank Account or a Crown Bank Account, in accordance with the Public Finance Act 1989.”

• “(da) prescribing requirements or other matters in relation to the provision of particulars of reminder notices in electronic form under section 21, and any matters in relation to the verification or processing of those particulars:

• “(db) regulating the searching of records of 1 or more of the following:

  • “(i) particulars of reminder notices provided under section 21:

  • “(ii) the results of any verification processes undertaken under section 21:

  • “(iii) reminder notices deemed to have been filed and orders deemed to have been made under section 21:

  • “(iv) notices of hearings filed under section 21:

  • “(v) applications filed under section 78B:

  • “(vi) any related matter:”.