Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Subject to subsection (4), the number of hours for which an infringement offender may be required to perform unpaid community work under a community work permit is one hour for each 0·2 penalty unit or part of 0·2 penalty unit of the outstanding registered infringement fines expressed as an amount equivalent to penalty units in relation to the enforcement warrants to which the permit applies with a minimum of 8 hours and a maximum of 500 hours.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the total number of hours to be worked in any period of 7 days must not exceed 20.
(3) An infringement offender may work up to 40 hours in a period of 7 days if the infringement offender—
(a) requests to do so; and
(b) signs a written consent to working the extra number of hours.
(4) The number of hours of unpaid community work specified in a community work permit must be performed over a period not exceeding the period specified in column 2 of the table below opposite the corresponding number of hours specified in column 1 of that table.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 Hours of unpaid community work |
Column 2 Maximum period of order |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
376 to 500 |
24 months |
|
2 3 4 5 |
251 to 375 126 to 250 51 to 125 50 or less |
18 months 12 months 6 months 3 months |