New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 81

81 Number of hours of community service work

(1) The number of hours of community service work, specified in an order made under this Division, to be served by the fine defaulter is to be calculated at the rate of 1 hour for each $15 of the amount of the fine that remains unpaid.

(2) The number of hours specified in any one order must not exceed 300 hours (in the case of an adult) or 100 hours (in the case of a child). The fine defaulter may be subject to more than one order under this Division at any one time.

(3) The number of hours specified in any one order is additional to any number of hours of community service work required to be performed by any other order under this Division or otherwise than under this Division. Accordingly, the total number of hours that a person may be required to perform at any one time under another Act does not apply to any hours required to be worked by an order under this Division.

(3A) In the case of a person who is a child at the time an order is made under this Division, community service work may be performed concurrently for the purposes of that order and for the purposes of any other such order made under this Division or otherwise than under this Division.

(4) The regulations may increase the amount of $15 mentioned in this section and section 83. If the regulations do so, the reference to the amount of $15 in those sections is to be construed as a reference to that increased amount.

(5) In this section--

"adult" means a person who is of or above the age of 18 years.

"child" means a person who is under the age of 18 years.