Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 201

201 Cumulative effect of child and adult community service orders

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a court makes a community service order against a person; and

(b) the person is already subject to 1 or more existing community service orders; and

(c) on the making of the order, the person will be subject to an adult community service order and a child community service order.

(2) The order mentioned in subsection (1) (a) is of no effect to the extent that the total number of hours of community service under all the community service orders to which the person will be subject, less the number of hours for which the person has performed community service under the existing order or orders, is more than the maximum number of hours of community service an adult may be ordered to perform.

(3) In this section—

"adult community service order" means a community service order made against a person under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 for an offence committed by the person as an adult.

"child community service order" means a community service order made against a person under this Act for an offence committed by the person as a child.

"community service order" means an adult community service order or child community service order.