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No. S 476

Children and Young Persons Act

(Chapter 38)

Children and Young Persons (Community Service Orders) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 85 of the Children and Young Persons Act, the Minister for Community Development and Sports hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY MATTERS

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Community Service Orders) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2001.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Community Service Officer” means the person under whose supervision an offender is to perform the work required under a community service order in force against him;

“community service order” means an order made by the Juvenile Court under section 44 (1)(ea) and includes an order made by the Juvenile Court for the purpose of giving effect to a requirement of a family conference under section 44A(1)(d) of the Act;

“family conference” means a family conference convened by the Juvenile Court under section 44A of the Act;

“offender” means a child or young person —

(a)	in respect of whom a community service order is in force; or
(b)	in respect of whom the Juvenile Court or a family conference is considering making such an order;

“probation officer” means a person appointed to be a probation officer under section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act (Cap. 252).

Made this 20th day of September 2001.

LIM SOO HOON

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community
Development and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCDS 76-06-01 V19; AG/LEG/SL/38/1997/1 Vol. 1]