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1984 Ed.]

Community Service Orders

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perform, during the life of the order, unpaid work in accordance with this Ordinance for such number of hours, not exceeding 240, as may be specified in the order.

(2) A community service order may be made against an offender-

(a) in addition to any other sentence that the court imposes; or (b) instead of any other sentence that the court may impose,

unless such other sentence is mandatory.

(3) A court shall not make a community service order against an offender unless-

(a) the offender consents to the making of such an order; and

(b) the court is satisfied-

(i) after considering a report by a probation officer about the offender and his circumstances and, if the court thinks it necessary, hearing a probation officer, that the offender is a suitable person to perform work under such an order; and

(ii) that provision can be made for the offender to perform work under such an order.

(4) More than one community service order may be made by one or more courts in respect of the same offender so as to be in force at the same time provided that the total number of hours that remain to be spent by the offender in performing work under the orders does not at any time exceed 240.

(5) Before making a community service order the court shall explain to the offender in ordinary language-

(a) the purpose and effect of the order (and in particular the conditions and requirements that may be specified in it under section 5(1) and the requirements of section 6(1));

(b) the consequences which may follow under section 8 if he fails to comply with any of those conditions and requirements or under section 9 if he commits an offence during the period of the community service order; and

(c) that the court has under section 10 the power to review the order on application either of the offender or of the supervising probation officer.

5. (1) A court which makes a community service order-

(a) may specify in the order conditions to be complied with by the offender during the period that the order is in force;

(b) shall specify in the order a place at which or a person to whom, and a time when or within which, the offender shall present himself for the purpose of enabling the administration of the order to commence;

Contents and copies of community service orders.