Community Payback Orders

If an offence has been committed on or after 1 February 2011 a Community Payback Order can be made by the Court. (This Order replaces Probation and Community Service). This can last between 6 months and 3 years.

The Court can impose one or more of the following:

• Compensation requirement
• Offender supervision requirement
• Unpaid work requirement
• Programme requirement
• Residence requirement
• Mental health requirement
• Drug treatment requirement
• Alcohol treatment requirement
• Conduct requirement

The Court can also add other conditions. These may require the offender:

• to do something, such as participate in a group work programme,
• or not to do something, such as not to enter a specific place. 

A social worker completes the Justice Social Work Report. They will discuss with the offender the possible extra conditions and what they might entail.

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