156Community work

156 Community work (1) Subject to subsection (4), the number of hours for which an infringement offender may be required to perform unpaid community work under a community work permit is one hour for each 0⋅2 penalty unit or part of 0⋅2 penalty unit of the outstanding registered infringement fines expressed as an amount equivalent to penalty units in relation to the enforcement warrants to which the permit applies with a minimum of 8 hours and a maximum of 500 hours. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the total number of hours to be worked in any period of 7 days must not exceed 20. (3) An infringement offender may work up to 40 hours in a period of 7 days if the infringement offender— (a) requests to do so; and (b) signs a written consent to working the extra number of hours. (4) The number of hours of unpaid community work specified in a community work permit must be performed over a period not exceeding the period specified in column 2 of the table below opposite the corresponding number of hours specified in column 1 of that table. **TABLE** | Item | Column 1<br>Hours of unpaid community work | Column 2<br>Maximum period of order | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 376 to 500 | 24 months | | 2<br>3<br>4<br>5 | 251 to 375<br>126 to 250<br>51 to 125<br>50 or less | 18 months<br>12 months<br>6 months<br>3 months |