(1) The number of hours ordered by the court that an offender must perform unpaid community work as specified in an item in column 1 of the Table to this subsection may be performed over a period that is equal to or less than the period specified opposite the number of hours in the item in column 2 of the Table.
TABLE
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
---|---|---|
|
Hours of unpaid community work |
Maximum period of order |
1 |
376 to 500 |
24 months |
2 |
251 to 375 |
18 months |
3 |
126 to 250 |
12 months |
4 |
51 to 125 |
6 months |
5 |
50 or less |
3 months |
(2) The period over which unpaid community work must be performed, that a court specifies in a fines work order, must not be such a period as would require an offender to perform more than 20 hours of unpaid community work in any 7 day period.
(3) Despite subsection (2) an offender may perform unpaid community work for up to 40 hours in a period of 7 days if he or she requests to do so and signs a written consent to performing the extra number of hours.
S. 69R inserted by No. 32/2013 s. 47 (as amended by No. 77/2013 ss 45, 48).