Section 300 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Variation or cancellation of community work order

300 Variation or cancellation of community work order (1) A community work order may at any time, on the application of the young person or a Social Worker or the person or organisation supervising the order, be varied by reducing the number of hours of service to be performed for the purposes of the order, or cancelled, by a Youth Court, on any of the following grounds: (a) That there has been a change of circumstances since the order was made that would justify the variation or cancellation of the order: (b) That a continuation of the order is no longer necessary in the interests of the community or the young person: (c) That no, or no more, work is available to be performed by the young person for the purposes of the order. (2) Without limiting subsection (1) of this section, a Youth Court may, on the application of the young person or a Social Worker or the person or organisation supervising the order, suspend, for such time as it thinks fit, the running of the period during which the work is to be performed for the purposes of a community work order if it is satisfied— (a) That the young person has arranged to perform the work or any part of it during a specified period; and (b) Because of incapacity or any humanitarian or other reasons considered sufficient by the Court, it will be impossible for the young person to perform the work during that period or that it would be unreasonable to require the young person to do so. (3) Where a Social Worker or the person or organisation supervising the order applies for the cancellation of a community work order on the ground set out in subsection (1)(c) of this section, that Social Worker or person or organisation may also, in that application, apply to the Court to substitute another order in place of the community work order;

and in such a case the Court may make such other order that could have been made when the community work order was made.