Community Orders, Requirements and Breach

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“A Community Order is a non-custodial sentence with one or more specific requirements which can be tailored for the purposes of punishment and/or to meet the needs of a defendant to overcome problems and avoid committing offences in the future.”

On this page:

What is a Community Order?
When can a Community Order be imposed?
What requirements can be attached to a Community Order?
Breach of a Community Order Requirement
Committing further offences during a Community Order
Applying for Revocation of a Community Order or Re-sentence
What is the difference between a Community Order and a Suspended Sentence?

What is a Community Order?

A Community Order is a non-custodial sentence with one or more specific requirements which can be tailored for the purposes of punishment and/or to meet the needs of a defendant to overcome problems and avoid committing offences in the future.

There are multiple possible requirements which can be attached to a community order.

Read on for when a community order can be imposed, the requirements that can be attached, the consequences of breach and the differtence between a community order and a suspended sentence (which will usually have identical conditions attached).