CHAPTER 2
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THE CONFISCATION SCHEME
PART 2-4
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PECUNIARY PENALTY ORDERS
Division 2
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Penalty amounts
Subdivision C
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Reducing penalty amounts
SECTION 131
Reducing penalty amounts to take account of tax paid
Tax paid before application for order is made
131(1)
The court must reduce the
*
penalty amount under a
*
pecuniary penalty order against a person by an amount that, in the court
'
s opinion, represents the extent to which tax that the person has paid before the application for the order is made is attributable to the
*
benefits to which the order relates.
History
S 131(1) amended by No 174 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 2 item 243, by inserting
"
before the application for the order is made
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, effective 6 December 2011. No 174 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 2 item 246 contains the following application provisions:
246 Application of amendments
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taking tax into account in pecuniary penalty orders
(1)
The amendments of the
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
made by items 243 to 245 of this Schedule apply as set out in this item.
(2)
The amendments apply in relation to pecuniary penalty orders under that Act if the applications for the orders are made at or after the commencement of those items.
(3)
The amendments apply under subitem (2) of this item regardless of whether the conduct giving rise to the applications for the pecuniary penalty orders occurred, or is suspected to have occurred, before, at or after the commencement of those items.
Tax paid after application for order is made
131(1A)
The court may, if it considers that it is in the interests of justice to do so, reduce the *penalty amount under a *pecuniary penalty order against a person by an amount that, in the court
'
s opinion, represents the extent to which tax that the person has paid at or after the time the application for the order is made is attributable to the *benefits to which the order relates.
History
S 131(1A) inserted by No 174 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 2 item 244, effective 6 December 2011. For application provisions see note under s 131(1).
Tax covered by this section
131(2)
Tax covered by this section may be tax payable under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or a foreign country.
History
S 131(2) amended by No 174 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 2 item 245, by substituting
"
Tax covered by this section
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for
"
The tax
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, effective 6 December 2011. For application provisions see note under s 131(1).