Receiving your reparation
Receiving payments
Receiving payments overseas
Changes to reparation
How the process works
If the offender doesn’t pay
Keep in contact
Receiving payments
The fastest way to receive payment from the Court is by direct credit. To arrange this, simply call 0800 909 909 with your bank account details or to confirm we have the correct account.
If we do not have a bank account number, you will receive your payment by cheque. For this reason, it is very important that the Court has your correct address information.
Receiving payment overseas
We need to make special payment arrangements if you live overseas. You will need to fill in a Payment Request Form (pdf 105Kb) indicating your preferred method of payment and return it to us.
Changes to reparation
Sometimes changes are made to reparation after the order has been made. For example, the offender may appeal the reparation sentence and have it reduced or cancelled. The terms for repaying the reparation may change or the offender may get the reparation remitted and replaced by another type of sentence. Any changes to reparation after it was first ordered can only be made by a Judge.
If any changes are made to the reparation order you will receive a letter explaining what is changing.
How the process works
If reparation is ordered by the Judge you are sent a Reparation Notice that tells you how much the offender has been ordered to pay.
The offender generally has 28 days to pay the Court in full or to arrange payment by instalments.
In some cases a Judge will include instructions with the reparation order about how payments are to be made, for example ordering that payment be made by instalments of a certain amount, or order that the reparation be paid by a specific date.
The Court receives the payment on your behalf and once the payments have cleared, forwards the payment to you by direct credit or by cheque.
If payment is being made by instalment, you will also receive the payments as they clear. Sometimes offenders will pay by cheque. The Court must ensure the offenders' cheque is honoured at their bank before sending the money to you.
If the offender doesn’t pay
Collecting reparation is a priority for the Court and the Court has a number of ways of collecting payments from people who don’t pay, such as:
- Making compulsory deductions from their wages, benefit or bank account.
- Seizing and selling their property
- Stopping them from travelling overseas
- Arresting them
Keep in contact
Until we have collected the reparation in full, it’s essential you keep your address, name, and bank account details current with the Court. You can update your details by calling us on 0800 909 909 or send us a message.
