318Community-based orders to be served concurrently unless ordered otherwise

318 Community-based orders to be served concurrently unless ordered otherwise

(1) Unless the Children's Court is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist, if—

(a) a child is found guilty of an offence; and

(b) the Children's Court makes an order specified in subsection (3)—

that order is to be served concurrently, from the date of its commencement, with any other uncompleted order specified in subsection (3) made in respect of the child, whether the uncompleted order was made before or at the same time as the order being made.

(2) If the Children's Court is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist, the Court may direct that the order being made be served—

(a) in part concurrently with any other uncompleted order; or

(b) wholly cumulatively on any other uncompleted order.