Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act, 1983

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Revocation of community service order.

11.—(1) Where a community service order is in force and, on application by the offender or a relevant officer, it appears to the District Court that it would be in the interests of justice, having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order was made, that the order should be revoked or that the offender should be dealt with in some other manner for the offence in respect of which the order was made, the court may—

(a) if the order was made by the District Court in the district of residence, either revoke the order or revoke it and deal with the offender for that offence in any manner in which he could have been dealt with for that offence if the order had not been made, or

(b) if the order was made by the District Court in a district court district other than the district of residence or by another court, remand the offender to the District Court in that other district or to that other court to be dealt with in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) (b), an offender in respect of whom a community service order is in force is brought or appears before a court and it appears to the court to be in the interests of justice, having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order was made, to revoke the order or to revoke it and deal with the offender for the offence in respect of which the order was made in some other manner in which he could have been dealt with for that offence if the order had not been made, the court may either revoke the order or revoke it and so deal with the offender.