Section 298 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Community work order

298 Community work order (1) Subject to this section, where a charge against a young person is proved before a Youth Court, the Court may, with the consent of the young person, order that the young person undertake work in the interests of the community for such number of hours, being not less than 20 nor more than 200, as the Court may specify. (2) The work required to be undertaken for the purposes of a community work order shall— (a) Be performed within such period not exceeding 12 months as the Court shall specify: (b) Be performed under the supervision of— (i) A Social Worker; or (ii) Any person or organisation (being a person or organisation approved by the chief executive either generally or in the particular case) who or which agrees to supervise the order. (3) No Youth Court shall make a community work order unless it is satisfied that suitable work is available for the young person to perform for the purposes of the order. Compare: 1974 No 72 s 36(1)ia); 1977 No 126 s 10(2) Subsection (2)(b)(ii) was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “ chief executive ” for “ Director-General ” .