South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts17C—Community service committees
(1) The Minister will
establish a community service committee for each community service centre.
(2) A community
service committee will consist of not less than three, nor more than five,
members, of whom—
(a) one
will be a magistrate or justice of the peace; and
(b) one
will be appointed after consultation with the United Trades and Labor Council;
and
(c) one
will be a person nominated by the Chief Executive Officer.
(3) The members of a
community service committee will hold office on such terms and conditions as
the Minister thinks fit.
(4) The functions of a
community service committee are—
(a) to
approve, within the guidelines formulated by the community service advisory
committee, the projects and tasks to be performed as community service work by
offenders attending the community service centre in respect of which the
committee was established; and
(b) to
keep approved projects and tasks under regular review; and
(c) to
monitor the performance of community service work by offenders attending the
centre; and
(d) to
perform such other functions as the Minister may direct.
(5) A community
service committee must not approve a project or task for community service
unless—
(a) it
is a project or task for the benefit of an organisation that does not seek to
secure a pecuniary profit for its members; or
(b) it
is a project or task to aid a person, or group of persons, who, in the opinion
of the committee, is or are disadvantaged through age, illness, incapacity,
poverty or any other adversity; or
(c) it
is a project or task of a Government department or instrumentality or of a
local government authority.
(6) A community
service committee must not approve a project or task for community service
work if an offender, in undertaking that project or task—
(a)
would replace a person who is being paid to perform any work; or
(b)
would perform any work for which funds are available.