Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034:section:144
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 144
Character Range: 264130–264921

144  Penalty amounts exceeding the court's jurisdiction
 (1) If:
 (a) a court makes a *pecuniary penalty order of a particular amount; and
 (b) the court does not have jurisdiction with respect to the recovery of debts of an amount equal to that amount;
the registrar of the court must issue a certificate containing the particulars specified in the regulations.
 (2) The certificate may be registered, in accordance with the regulations, in a court having jurisdiction with respect to the recovery of debts of an amount equal to the amount of the relevant order.
 (3) Upon registration in a court, the certificate is enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of the court in favour of the Commonwealth.

Division 5—The effect on pecuniary penalty orders of convictions being quashed