Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Community-based sentences - Community work

57A: Court may defer commencement date of sentence of community work

You could also call this:

"The court can delay when you start community work if you have another sentence to complete first."

If you get a sentence of community work and another sentence, the court can delay when you start the community work. This can happen if you also get a sentence of intensive supervision or home detention. The court can delay the community work if it thinks this will help you follow the rules of your other sentence.

The rules you must follow depend on your other sentence. If you get intensive supervision, you must follow the conditions in section 54F, 54G, or 54I. If you get home detention, you must follow the conditions in section 80C or 80D.

The court decides how long to delay your community work. It does this to help you comply with the conditions of your other sentence. You will start your community work after the delay is over.

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57: Concurrent and cumulative sentences of community work, or

"Doing community work at the same time or one after another for different sentences"

58: Length of sentence of community work, or

"How long you have to complete your community work sentence"

Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Community-based sentences: Community work

57ACourt may defer commencement date of sentence of community work

If a court imposes both a sentence of community work and a sentence of either intensive supervision or home detention, the court may defer the commencement of the sentence of community work for a specified period if, in its opinion, deferral is necessary to enable the offender to comply with—
in the case of a sentence of intensive supervision, any conditions imposed under section 54F, 54G, or 54I:
in the case of a sentence of home detention, any conditions imposed under section 80C or 80D.

Notes

Section 57A: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 28 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).