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Fines Reform Act 2014
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151 Community work permit
(1) Subject to section 150, the sheriff, in accordance with the enforcement warrant and the regulations if any, may release an infringement offender on a community work permit issued by the sheriff if—
(a) the sheriff arrests the infringement offender under an enforcement warrant; and
(b) the infringement offender consents to perform unpaid community work in respect of registered infringement fines under an enforcement warrant.
(2) A community work permit must specify—
(a) the amount of the outstanding registered infringement fines in penalty units to which the community work permit applies; and
(b) the number of hours an infringement offender is required to work under the community work permit in respect of each enforcement warrant to which the community work permit applies.