Section 58 — Sentencing Act 2002: Length of sentence of community work

58 Length of sentence of community work (1) If the court imposes a sentence of community work of 100 hours or less, that sentence must be served within 6 months of the date that it commences under section 75 , 75A , or 76 . (2) If the court imposes a sentence of community work of more than 100 hours, the offender must serve at least 100 hours in every 6-month period from the date on which the sentence commences until the number of hours imposed under the sentence has been served. (3) Any work done by an offender under a sentence of community work must be treated as having been done under that sentence and under any and each other concurrent sentence of community work that the offender was subject to at the time that the work was done. Section 58: substituted, on 1 October 2007, by section 29 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).