SENTENCING ACT 1997 - SECT 39 Limitation on duration of probation order
SENTENCING ACT 1997 - SECT 39
Limitation on duration of probation order
(1) Subject to subsection (2) , the period of a probation order made against an offender is to be such period not exceeding 3 years as the court specifies.(2) A court must not make a probation order against an offender for such a period that, as a result of the making of the order, the total consecutive period of probation imposed on that person at one time would exceed 3 years.