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(1)Where a court by or before which a person of or over the age of sixteen years is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment (not being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law) is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (2) below, the court may make a combination order, that is to say, an order requiring him both—
(a)to be under the supervision of a probation officer for a period specified in the order, being not less than twelve months nor more than three years; and
(b)to perform unpaid work for a number of hours so specified, being in the aggregate not less than 40 nor more than 100.
(2)The opinion referred to in subsection (1) above is that the making of a combination order is desirable in the interests of—
(a)securing the rehabilitation of the offender; or
(b)protecting the public from harm from him or preventing the commission by him of further offences.
(3)Subject to subsection (1) above, Part I of the 1973 Act shall apply in relation to combination orders—
(a)in so far as they impose such a requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, as if they were probation orders; and
(b)in so far as they impose such a requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection, as if they were community service orders.
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