21Application for revocation of children’s community service order

21 Application for revocation of children’s community service order

21 Application for revocation of children’s community service order

(1) An application to revoke a children’s community service order may only be made—

(a) by the assigned officer on the grounds that the person in respect of whom the children’s community service order is in force has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the order, or

(b) by the person in respect of whom the children’s community service order is in force or the assigned officer on the grounds that it would (having regard to circumstances that have arisen since the order was made) be in the interests of justice to revoke the order.

(2) For the purposes of this section—

(a) failure by a person to perform the required number of hours of community service work under a children’s community service order within the period for which the order is in force is taken to constitute failure by the person to comply with the order, and

(b) failure by a person to comply with one order (the primary failure) is taken to constitute failure by the person to comply with every other children’s community service order that is in force when the primary failure occurs.

(3) An application under subsection (1) cannot be made later than one month after the expiry of the relevant maximum period.

(4) An application under this section must be—

(a) in writing, and

(b) in a form approved by the President of the Children’s Court.

s 21: Am 1987 No 265, Sch 1 (11); 1989 No 196, Sch 3 (11); 1996 No 99, Sch 2.2 [17]. Subst 2001 No 117, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2025 No 62, Sch 4[3].