Western Australian Consolidated Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 65C

65C .         Detention order

        (1)         A detention order is an order that the defaulter be detained in a detention centre for failing to pay the amount concerned.

        (2)         The period of detention is to be calculated under the regulations by reference to the unpaid amount of the amount concerned.

        (3)         If the court makes a detention order it is required to issue a warrant of commitment accordingly.

        (4)         The period of detention under such a warrant of commitment is to be served concurrently with any other term or period of detention or imprisonment that the defaulter is serving or has to serve.

        (5)         Service of the period of detention under such a warrant of commitment discharges the defaulter from the liability to pay the amount concerned.

        [Section 65C inserted by No. 92 of 1994 s. 45.]

        [Section 65C. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Dec 2009. See endnote 1M.]