# Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 2


(1) The number of hours which a person may be required to work under an unpaid work requirement—
(a) must be specified in the relevant order, and
(b) must, in aggregate, be—
(i) not less than 40, and
(ii) not more than 300.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) is subject to paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 10 (breach of community order: power to impose unpaid work requirement).
(3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies where the court—
(a) makes relevant orders in respect of two or more offences of which the offender is convicted on the same occasion, and
(b) includes unpaid work requirements in each of them.
(4) The court may direct that the hours of work specified in any of those requirements is to be—
(a) concurrent with, or
(b) additional to,
those specified in any other of those orders.
But the total number of hours which are not concurrent must not exceed the maximum number (see sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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