1.—(1) In this Act—

F1["Act of 2014" means the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014;]

F2["assessment report" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;]

F1["attachment order" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2014;]

F2["circuit of residence" has the meaning assigned to it by section 6;]

“community service order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;

“court” does not include a Special Criminal Court;

F2["Director of the Probation Service" means the person appointed by the Minister to the post of Director of the Probation Service;]

“district of residence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6;

F1["fine" has the same meaning as it has in section 2 (amended by subparagraph (iv) of section 20 (b) of the Act of 2014) of the Courts (No. 2) Act 1986;]

“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

“offender” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2;

F3[…]

F2["probation officer" means a person appointed by the Minister to be a probation officer;]

F2["Probation Service" means those officers of the Minister assigned to perform functions in the part of the Department of State for which the Minister is responsible commonly known by that name;]

F1["receiver" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2014;]

F1["recovery order" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2014;]

F4["relevant officer" means a person who has been assigned by the Director of the Probation Service to discharge functions under this Act and includes a probation officer discharging functions under this Act;]

F5[(2) This Act also applies to a person (in this Act also referred to as an "offender") who—

(a) has attained the age of 16 years, and

(b) stands convicted of an offence in respect of which the court has imposed a fine that the offender has failed to pay by the due date for payment.]

F1[(3) In this section "due date for payment", in relation to a fine, has the same meaning as in the Act of 2014.]