264Objects of a community service order

264 Objects of a community service order

The objects of a community service order are—

(a) to engage the child in respect of whom the order is made in community service to support the child's learning and development of skills and to promote opportunities for future vocational and employment pathways, including through volunteering or mentoring; and

(b) to provide the child with an opportunity to make positive and meaningful reparation as an appropriate response to the child's offending behaviour including any damage caused to any victim of the offence and the community.