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Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
80Number of hours of work under community work order
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80 Number of hours of work under community work order
(1) The number of hours of work specified in a community work order
made under this Division to be performed by the fine defaulter is to
be calculated at the prescribed rate for the amount of the fine or
penalty, including enforcement costs, that remains unpaid.
(2) The number of hours specified in a community work order under
this Division is not to exceed 480 hours but more than one order
under this Division may apply to a fine defaulter at any one time.
(3) The number of hours specified in a community work order under
this Division is additional to the number of hours of work required to
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be performed by any other order under this Act or another Act and
a maximum total number of hours that a person can be required to
perform at any one time under another Act does not apply in
relation to the hours required to be worked by an order under this
(4) If a community work order is made under this Division in respect of
a person who was under the age of 18 years at the time that an
offence or alleged offence to which the enforcement order relates
was committed, work may be performed concurrently for the
purposes of that order and for the purposes of any other community
work order (whether made under this Act or another Act) that
applies to the person.