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Act index » Part 3B - Sentences—fines » Division 6 - Calculation of period of imprisonment or unpaid community work
69Q Period of unpaid community work to be performed
(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 Maximum period of community work 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.