eCourts Portal Help

Lodge Application for a WDP

When you, as a sponsor, have agreed to sponsor a person under a WDP, you will be required to submit (on the person’s behalf) a WDP application to the Fines Enforcement Registry.

NOTE: A person cannot start a WDP until the WDP application has been approved.

01. Log into the eCourts Portal.

02. Click on Work and Development Permits.

The Fines Enforcement Registry Home page displays.

03. Click on Apply for Work and Development Permit.

The Apply for Work Permit screen appears. 

04. Enter the details of two options relating to the client and their last name, then click Search. 

 The next screen appears.

05. Complete the following details and click Next:

• select the hardship type; 
• enter the details of the hardship that the person is experiencing; 
• upload any documents that the person has given to you that will support and demonstrate that they meet the criteria of hardship; 
• select the activity type that you are proposing to sponsor the person with (if the activity is to be provided by a third party, please select the relevant activity with the option “Third Party Provider” as shown on the screen capture on the next page; 
• enter the details of the activities that the person will undertake, it is recommended that you complete as much detail as possible that will describe what activities the person will be undertaking; 
• if the person has consented, verbally to you, to receive electronic notifications from the Fines Enforcement Registry, select this option and enter the persons email address; 
• confirm if you have a perceived conflict of interest in sponsoring the person; and 
• confirm if the person is an existing client of yours

The second part of the application appears. This asks you to select from the list of eligible court fines that the person has registered with the Fines Enforcement Registry.  You will note in the screen below, that all eligible court fines have been selected and in doing so it tells you the Total Hours Required for Selected Cases.  If you are unable to offer the person the number of hours required to complete the activities, you will have to deselect some of the court fines. 

If, for example, a person’s cases required 34 hours of activity and you can only offer 30 hours.  It will let you proceed; however a message will be displayed that the person will still have an outstanding balance at the end of the hours approved under the WDP. 

The person can choose to enter into a time to pay arrangement at the end of the WDP or alternatively, may choose to engage with another sponsor to undertake further activities on another WDP.

06. Complete these details and click Next.

The final page of the application wizard appears.

07. Click Confirm & Lodge.

Your application for a WDP will be submitted for consideration by the Registrar of the Fines Enforcement Registry.

You and the person who you have applied on behalf of will receive an email or letter in the post advising of the outcome.