267Maximum number of hours of work under a community service order

267 Maximum number of hours of work under a community service order

(1) The number of hours of community service activities ordered under a community service order must not exceed—

(a) 25 hours for a single offence; or

(b) a total of 50 hours, if the child is found guilty on the same day, or in the same proceeding, of more than one offence.

(2) The number of hours of community service activities ordered under a community service order must be completed within a 6-month period commencing on the day of sentencing but if the hours of community service activities are completed any earlier than 6 months, the community service order ceases on the completion of those hours.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the maximum number of hours of community service activities that a child may be required to perform under a community service order is 5 hours in a 7-day period.

(4) A child may perform up to 40 hours of community service activities in a 7-day period if—

(a) the child requests to do so; and

(b) the child gives written consent to performing the additional hours in the 7-day period.

268 Failure to perform ordered hours of community service activities where no appropriate community service to perform not to constitute a contravention

A child in respect of whom a community service order is made does not contravene that order for the purposes of Part 7.11 if the child does not perform the number of hours ordered for the sole or primary reason that there were no appropriate community service activities for the child to perform.

Division 3—Probation orders