Section 299 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Failure to comply with community work order

299 Failure to comply with community work order (1) A Youth Court may at any time, on the application of a Social Worker or the person or organisation supervising the order, cancel a community work order and substitute, in relation to the young person in respect of whom that order was made, any other order that could have been made at the time that order was made. (2) The Court shall not cancel a community work order and substitute any other order under subsection (1) of this section unless it is satisfied— (a) That the young person has failed without reasonable excuse to perform the work satisfactorily in accordance with the order; or (b) That the young person has failed without reasonable excuse to complete the required number of hours within the period prescribed.