Explanatory note

These Rules regulate the performance of work under community service orders and the arrangements for persons to perform such work. Rule 2 requires the arrangements made for community service work to include the provision of information for those required to perform it; and rule 3 requires those arrangements to make provision for certain kinds of work. Rule 4 requires work under a community service order normally to be commenced soon after the making of the order. Rules 5, 6 and 7 make provision as to the reckoning of time worked under such an order. Rule 8 establishes procedures to ensure the satisfactory performance of work. Rule 9 provides for the maintenance of records of work performed.