What is SPER?

The State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER) is responsible for the collection and enforcement of unpaid infringement notice fines and court ordered monetary fines issued in Queensland.

The most common infringement notice fines come from tickets issued either through the post, or "on the spot". These include parking and speeding tickets. It's important to keep your current address updated on your licence, as often the last known address shown on your licence will be the address the original infringement notice is posted to. This can be your only opportunity to finalise the fine before it is registered with SPER for enforcement.

Court ordered fines can be issued from any Supreme, District or Magistrates Court in Queensland, and can be for a variety of different offences, for example, drink driving, stealing or fraud. If you are in Court when the Magistrate or Judge gives you a fine, you should make arrangements to pay it before leaving the precincts of the Court.


How SPER Works - A Step-by-Step Guide
	Tickets or "on the spot" fines	Court Orders May come from a Supreme Court, District Court or Magistrates Court
	Ticket received (the most common tickets received are parking fines and speeding tickets).	A matter is lodged with the court. These matters may range from traffic related infringements to more serious offences such as robbery and assault, etc. Once the matter is heard a certain amount of time may be set to allow for payment. Depending on the nature of the matter, payment may be for a fine, court costs or restitution. The matter is then sent to SPER.

	28 days to pay (the authority who issued the ticket may not send a reminder notice).

	If payment is not made within the 28 days (for an infringement notice), then it may be registered with SPER and a further $50 fee is added to the fine.

	A SPER Enforcement Order is issued and mailed, providing a further 28 days to pay.

	To prevent further action being taken by SPER Apply for an Instalment Plan (direct debit) Apply for Centrepay (direct debit from your Centrelink payment) Pay in Full
	If you enter into compliance then no further action will be taken against you by SPER while you are in compliance.	If you do not enter into compliance with SPER a further $84 may be added to the fine if payment is not made within the additional 28 days.

	At this point any of the following Enforcement actions can be issued against you. Driver Licence Suspension Fines Collection Notice Seizure of property (including car, house) Arrest Warrant