
1 
This Order may be cited as the Community Service by Offenders (Hours of Work) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 
This Order shall apply only in relation to the making of a community service order by a court under section 238 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in respect of an offence committed on or after the day on which the Order comes into force.
3 
In subsection (1) of section 238 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (power to impose community service order) for the words “40 nor more than 240” there shall be substituted the words “80 nor more than 300 on conviction on indictment, and not less than 80 nor more than 240 in any other case”.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State,
Scottish Office
17th July 1996