Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 162

162. (1) Where:

   (a)  a person is convicted before a court of an offence against subsection 
        161 (3); or

   (b)  a court makes an order under section 19B of the Crimes Act 1914 in
        relation to a person in relation to an offence against subsection 161
        (3); in relation to the refusal or failure of the person to comply
        (whether in whole or part) with a requirement made by or under
        this Act, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty on the
        person or making such an order in relation to the person, as the case
        may be, and even though the time for complying with the requirement or
        any other such requirement has passed, order the person to comply
        with:

   (c)  the requirement; and

   (d)  such other requirements made, or that could be made, in relation to
        the person by or under this Act as the court considers necessary to
        ensure the effectiveness of the first-mentioned requirement; within a
        specified time or at a specified place and time.

(2) If an order under subsection (1) is not given orally by the court to the
person to whom the order is addressed, the proper officer of the court must
cause a copy of the order to be served on the person in the prescribed manner.

(3) A person who contravenes an order under subsection (1) is guilty of an
offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12
months.