Monetary Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008


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Monetary Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 .

27 October 2008

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

LARA GIDDINGS

Minister for Justice

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Regulations 2008 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 7 amended (Circumstances in which monetary penalty may be deemed uncollectable)

Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (h) "$10." and substituting "$10;";
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (h) :
(i) where, because of the length of time since the monetary penalty was incurred or other similar circumstances, the Director is satisfied that the monetary penalty may have been paid, or for other reasons should not be enforced.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 5 November 2008

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Regulations 2008 by expanding the circumstances in which the Director of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service may deem a monetary penalty to be uncollectable.