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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.105Community service order to be explained
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### sec.105 Community service order to be explained
Before making the community service order, the court must explain, or cause to be explained, to the offender—
the purpose and effect of the order; and
what may follow if the offender contravenes the requirements of the order; and
that the order may be amended or revoked on application of the offender, an authorised corrective services officer or the director of public prosecutions.
The explanation must be made in language or in a way likely to be readily understood by the offender.
s 105 amd 1999 No. 9 s 3 sch
(sec.105-ssec.1) Before making the community service order, the court must explain, or cause to be explained, to the offender— the purpose and effect of the order; and what may follow if the offender contravenes the requirements of the order; and that the order may be amended or revoked on application of the offender, an authorised corrective services officer or the director of public prosecutions.
(sec.105-ssec.2) The explanation must be made in language or in a way likely to be readily understood by the offender.
- (a) the purpose and effect of the order; and
- (b) what may follow if the offender contravenes the requirements of the order; and
- (c) that the order may be amended or revoked on application of the offender, an authorised corrective services officer or the director of public prosecutions.