(1)  The period of community service required to be performed under an MPCSO is to be calculated at the rate of 7 hours for each prescribed unit or part of a prescribed unit of the monetary penalty or the balance outstanding, as the case may require.

(2)  If an MPCSO is made against an offender, the offender must perform community service in accordance with the order.

(3)  If an offender performs community service under an MPCSO, the unpaid monetary penalty is reduced by one prescribed unit for each 7 hours of community service performed.

(4)  In this section –

prescribed unit means the prescribed unit prescribed by regulations made under the Sentencing Act 1997 for the purposes of section 48(1) of that Act.