The Community Order's 12 Requirements

• Unpaid work –between 40 and 300 hours, to be completed in 12 months. Each year probation staff in the Thames Valley will supervise some 300,000 hours of unpaid work by offenders in local communities, to ensure that they meet the requirements of their Community Order/Unpaid Work Requirement.
  
• Specified activities – this could consist of packages of work on Basic Skills, Employment, Training and Education or include specialist activities, such as Restorative Justice (with the purpose of reparation) or Back on Track, which is for offenders not complying with their order and is an alternative to breach). The aggregate number of days specified for the activity can be up to 60.
  
• Programmes aimed at changing offending behaviour – these are Ministry of Justice accredited programmes designed to address the attitudes and patterns of behaviour that contribute to offending, such as programmes for sex offenders, domestic violence perpetrators or those who misuse drugs.
  
• Prohibition from certain activities – the offender must refrain from participating in activities on a specified day or days or during a period.
  
• Curfew  (usually with electronic monitoring) – the offender must remain for certain periods at a specified place; the order may last for up to six months and may be for up to 12 hours a day.
  
• Exclusion (usually with electronic monitoring) from certain areas – the offender may not enter a specified place for a period up to two years.
  
• Residence Requirement – the offender must reside at the place specified.
  
• Mental Health Treatment  – the court must be satisfied that the mental condition of the offender is such as requires and may be susceptible to treatment. This Requirement can only be given with the consent of the offender.
  
• Drug Rehabilitation – the offender is required to have treatment to reduce or eliminate his/her dependency on or propensity to misuse drugs and provide samples for testing whether or not s/he has any drug in his/her body. This Requirement can only be given with the consent of the offender.
  
• Alcohol Treatment – the offender is required to attend treatment to reduce or eliminate dependency on alcohol. This Requirement can only be given with the consent of the offender.
  
• Supervision Requirement – requires the offender to attend additional appointments with Thames Valley Probation. The purpose of supervision is support the work undertaken through other Requirements.
  
• Attendance Centre Requirement (for under 25s) – the offender must attend at an attendance centre for between 12 and 36 hours. There are two attendance centres in Thames Valley - one in Reading and the other in Bicester.