the first person to be stopped at an australian border because of expired charges happened tomorrow afternoon ( nzdt ) at the auckland central airline , new zealand . the person , yet wasn ' t selected , was detained because of the original legislation called the ' collection of fines at airports ' or more simply : pass or wait . he was forcing to pay nz $ 3 , 750 in unpaid reparations since 1986 . " the man allegedly owed $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had making no payments since late 1987 , " said richard barker , minister for the courts in new nz .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.