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Article 1 Commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Community Service Orders Rules 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

(2)

In these Rules–

  • “the Act of 1973” means the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

  • “offender” means a person in respect of whom a community service order is in force;

  • “relevant officer” has the same meaning as it has in sections 14 to 17 of the Act of 1973;

  • “supervisor” means the person appointed to supervise the performance of work under the community service order at any particular time and who is responsible for ensuring that the work is satisfactorily performed;

  • “working day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or any bank holiday.