20Increase in hours of children’s community service orders

20 Increase in hours of children’s community service orders

20 Increase in hours of children’s community service orders

(1) The Secretary may from time to time direct that a person’s required number of hours under a children’s community service order be increased if the Secretary is of the opinion—

(a) that the person has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the order or with any requirements made by or under this Act in respect of the order, and

(b) that the failure to comply was trivial in nature, or there are other good reasons why the failure to comply should be dealt with by increasing the person’s required number of hours.

(2) A person’s required number of hours, as increased under this section, must not exceed the required number of hours specified in the person’s children’s community service order by more than 10 hours.

(3) The person may apply for a review of the increase under this section to the court that made the order and, following the review, that court may confirm or revoke the direction.

s 20: Am 1989 No 196, Sch 3 (10). Subst 1997 No 5, Sch 2 [3]; 2001 No 117, Sch 1 [3].