72Limitation on number of hours of community service

72 Limitation on number of hours of community service

(1)  The total number of hours of community service to be performed by a youth under one or more community service orders must not, at any time, be more than –

(a) 70 hours, if the youth is 13, 14 or 15 years old; or

(b) 210 hours, if the youth is 16 years old or more.

(2)  The total number of hours of community service to be performed is calculated –

(a) by adding the hours specified in each of one or more community service orders made by the Court when imposing sentences against the youth; and

(b) [Section 72 Subsection (2) amended by No. 27 of 2013, s. 36, Applied:01 Mar 2014] if the youth is already subject to an existing community service order, by adding the number of hours obtained under paragraph (a) to the number of hours of community service that the youth has still to perform to comply with the existing community service order; and

(c) [Section 72 Subsection (2) amended by No. 27 of 2013, s. 36, Applied:01 Mar 2014] if the youth is subject to any undertaking to perform community service, by adding the number of hours obtained under paragraph (a) or, if paragraph (b) applies, that paragraph, to the number of hours that the youth has still to perform to comply with the undertaking.

(3)  To the extent that the total number of hours of community service to be performed exceeds the maximum specified in subsection (1) , the order or orders made by the Court are of no effect.

(4)  Every community service order made against a youth operates cumulatively to every other community service order made against the youth unless the Court directs otherwise.