Section 54 — Youth Criminal Justice Act: Where a fine or other payment is ordered

The youth justice court shall, in imposing a fine under paragraph 42(2)(d) or in making an order under paragraph 42(2)(e) or (g), have regard to the present and future means of the young person to pay. A young person on whom a fine is imposed under paragraph 42(2)(d), including any percentage of a fine imposed under subsection 53(1), or on whom a victim fine surcharge is imposed under subsection 53(2), may discharge the fine or surcharge in whole or in part by earning credits for work performed in a program established for that purpose by the lieutenant governor in council of the province in which the fine or surcharge was imposed; or by the lieutenant governor in council of the province in which the young person resides, if an appropriate agreement is in effect between the government of that province and the government of the province in which the fine or surcharge was imposed. A program referred to in subsection (2) shall determine the rate at which credits are earned and may provide for the manner of crediting any amounts earned against the fine or surcharge and any other matters necessary for or incidental to carrying out the program. In considering whether to make an order under any of paragraphs 42(2)(e) to (h), the youth justice court may consider any representations made by the person who would be compensated or to whom restitution or payment would be made. If the youth justice court makes an order under any of paragraphs 42(2)(e) to (h), it shall cause notice of the terms of the order to be given to the person who is to be compensated or to whom restitution or payment is to be made. No order may be made under paragraph 42(2)(h) unless the youth justice court has secured the consent of the person to be compensated. No order may be made under paragraph 42(2)(h), (i) or (m) unless the youth justice court is satisfied that the young person against whom the order is made is a suitable candidate for such an order; and the order does not interfere with the normal hours of work or education of the young person. No order may be made under paragraph 42(2)(h) or (i) to perform personal or community services unless those services can be completed in two hundred and forty hours or less and within twelve months after the date of the order. No order may be made under paragraph 42(2)(i) unless the community service to be performed is part of a program that is approved by the provincial director; or the youth justice court is satisfied that the person or organization for whom the community service is to be performed has agreed to its performance. A youth justice court may, on application by or on behalf of the young person in respect of whom a youth sentence has been imposed under any of paragraphs 42(2)(d) to (i), allow further time for the completion of the sentence subject to any regulations made under paragraph 155(b) and to any rules made by the youth justice court under subsection 17(1).