Section 57 — Sentencing Act 2002: Concurrent and cumulative sentences of community work

57 Concurrent and cumulative sentences of community work (1) If a court imposes a sentence of community work on an offender who is already subject to a sentence of community work, the sentences must be served concurrently unless the court directs that they are to be served cumulatively. (2) If a court imposes a sentence of community work in respect of each of 2 or more offences, the sentences must be served concurrently unless the court directs that they are to be served cumulatively. (2A) If a court directs that sentences of community work be served cumulatively (whether or not the sentences are imposed at the same time), the total term of the sentences must not be more than 400 hours. (3) A sentence of community work must be served concurrently with any sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, community detention, or home detention, whether or not the sentences are imposed at the same time. Section 57(2A): inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 27(1) of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27). Section 57(3): substituted, on 1 October 2007, by section 27(2) of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).