South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts49—Community service and work orders cannot be imposed unless there is a
placement for the youth
(1) No order,
direction or requirement can be made by virtue of which a youth will be
required to perform community service or participate in a particular work
project, programme or camp unless there is, or will be within a reasonable
time, a suitable placement for the youth in a community service programme, or
in that work project, programme or camp.
(2) When a court
sentences a youth to community service, it must nominate an appropriate person
who is, on the satisfactory completion by the youth of the community service,
to certify that fact to the court.