PART XI Sentencing
Community service by offenders
242 Community service orders: persons residing in England and Wales.
1
Where a court is considering the making of a community service order and it is satisfied that the offender has attained the age of 16 years and resides, or will be residing when the order comes into force, in England or Wales, then—
a
section 238 of this Act shall have effect as if subsection (2) were amended as follows—
i
paragraph (b) shall be omitted;
ii
in paragraph (c) for the words “such an order” there shall be substituted the words “
a F1community punishment order
”
; and
iii
for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
d
it appears to that court that provision can be made for the offender to perform work under the order made under subsection (1) above under the arrangements which exist in the petty sessions area in which he resides or will be residing for persons to perform work under F1community punishment orders made under F2section 46 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;
b
the order shall specify that the unpaid work required to be performed by the order shall be performed under the arrangements mentioned in section 238(2)(d) of this Act as substituted by paragraph (a) above.
2
Where a community service order has been made and—
a
the appropriate court is satisfied that the offender has attained the age of 16 years and proposes to reside or is residing in England or Wales; and
b
it appears to that court that provision can be made for the offender to perform work under the order made under the arrangements which exist in the petty sessions area in which he proposes to reside or is residing for persons to perform work under F1community punishment orders made under F3section 46 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,
it may amend the order by specifying that the unpaid work required to be performed by the order shall be performed under the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
3
A community service order made under section 238(1) as amended by or in accordance with this section shall—
a
specify the petty sessions area in England or Wales in which the offender resides or will be residing when the order or the amendment comes into force; and