SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Youth rehabilitation orders: requirements
C1PART 3Unpaid work requirement
Requirement
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In this Code “unpaid work requirement”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement that the offender must perform unpaid work in accordance with the instructions of the responsible officer as to—
a
the work to be performed, and
b
the times, during a period of 12 months, at which the offender is to perform it.
2
The order must specify the number of hours which the offender may be required to work under the requirement.
3
That number must be in aggregate—
a
not less than 40, and
b
not more than 240.
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Sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (3) are subject to paragraphs 10(7) and 19 of Schedule 7 (which make provision for different limits where an unpaid work requirement is imposed or amended in further proceedings).
Restriction on imposing an unpaid work requirement
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A court may not impose an unpaid work requirement in respect of an offender unless it is satisfied—
a
that the offender is a suitable person to perform work under an unpaid work requirement, and
b
that provision for the offender to work under such a requirement can be made under the arrangements for persons to perform work under such a requirement which exist in the local justice area in which the offender resides or is to reside.
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In making a decision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) the court must (if it considers it necessary) hear—
a
a member of a youth offending team, or
b
an officer of a provider of probation services.
Sch. 6 Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) by 2008 c. 4, s. 39(6)(b), Sch. 7 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 paras. 266(5), 270 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)