15.6 - Community service order

A community service order contains provisions similar to that of a probation order  (and is imposed only with the consent of the offender).

The Court can order the offender to complete between 40 and 240 hours of unpaid community service under the supervision of Corrective Services. This can be more onerous than a probation order as the offender must not only attend regularly, and on time, but must also participate in unpaid (usually unskilled) work for several hours at a time until the order is complete. Again, this type of order could be considered suitable only for those members of the community with the ability to consistently meet such commitments.