Outstanding fines up 20 per cent
Wellington reporter The total of outstanding fines was up 20 per cent in 1979 over 1978. according to the annual report of the Justice Department. The total of fines standing at December 31, 1979, was $5,953,925, compared with $4,689,505 'in 1978. ' ' This could be attributed partly to increased maximum penalties for drinkdriving offences, careless driving, and offences under the Road User Charges Act, 1977, said the report There had been an increase of $4,182,644 in fines collected.
Over the last five years, the number of fines imposed had increased 19 per cent, while the amount imposed had increased 77 per cent, the report said. The average fine had increased from $39 to $5B. The department's 1978 annual report had. emphasised that a computerbased scheme to back up fines enforcement should be treated ks a top priority. The Secretary for Justice (Mr J. F. Robertson) said that he vvas concerned that there was little prospect of this starting, even’ as a pilot programme, until mid--1981.
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