C1Part IVCommunity orders and reparation orders
Chapter IIICommunity orders available only where offender aged 16 or over
F5Community punishment orders
Words in cross-heading substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 2(1)(b)(2); S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(i)
47 Obligations of person subject to F1community punishment order.
1
An offender in respect of whom a F1community punishment order is in force shall—
a
keep in touch with the responsible officer in accordance with such instructions as he may from time to time be given by that officer and notify him of any change of address; and
b
perform for the number of hours specified in the order such work at such times as he may be instructed by the responsible officer.
2
The instructions given by the responsible officer under this section shall, as far as practicable, be such as to avoid—
a
any conflict with the offender’s religious beliefs or with the requirements of any other community order to which he may be subject; and
b
any interference with the times, if any, at which he normally works or attends school or any other educational establishment.
3
Subject to paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to this Act (power to extend order), the work required to be performed under a F1community punishment order shall be performed during the period of twelve months beginning with the date of the order; but, unless revoked, the order shall remain in force until the offender has worked under it for the number of hours specified in it.
F23A
Subject to subsection (3B) below, the community punishment order shall, if the set of conditions in section 42(2B) above is satisfied, include a drug abstinence requirement and may include such a requirement if the set of conditions in section 42(2C) above is satisfied.
3B
The order may not include a drug abstinence requirement if the community sentence includes a drug treatment and testing order or a drug abstinence order.
3C
Subsections (2E) and (2F) of section 42 above apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that.
4
5
If the offender is aged under 18 at that time, those functions shall be discharged by—
a
a person mentioned in subsection (4) F4(a) or (b)above; or
b
a member of a youth offending team established by a local authority specified in the order.
6
The reference in subsection (4) above to the F7local justice area specified in the order and the reference in subsection (5) above to a local authority so specified are references to the area or an authority for the time being so specified, whether under section 46(9) above or by virtue of Part IV of Schedule 3 to this Act (power to amend orders).
Pt. IV applied (with modifications) (25.8.2000) by 1997 c. 43, s. 35(4)(b)(5) (as substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 184(3))