“third party” means a person from whom money is, or will become, due and payable to the defendant.
89(2)A payment order in prescribed form shall direct a third party to pay to the office of the court the amount of the fine at such times and in such amounts of money as are set out in the payment order.
89(3)A judge who issues a payment order shall cause it to be served on the third party.
89(4)A third party who, having been served with a payment order, fails without reasonable excuse to comply with the order, commits a category E offence.
89(5)An amount of money paid by a third party under a payment order discharges, to the extent of the payment,
(a)
the fine that is due and payable by the defendant, and
(b)
the debt owing from the third party to the defendant.
89(6)The third party upon whom a payment order is served or the defendant may apply to the judge for variation or cancellation of the payment order.
89(7)Any assignment of wages or of debt made by a defendant, and any other transaction entered into by a defendant, is void if the assignment or other transaction is made or entered into for the purpose of avoiding compliance with a payment order.
89(8)An employer shall not dismiss, suspend, lay off, penalize, discipline or discriminate against an employee for any reason that is in any way related to the issuing of a payment order.
89(9)An employer who violates subsection (8) commits a category E offence.
89(10)This section binds the Crown in right of the Province.