Section 6A
Period of imprisonment or detention be deemed to be period of compulsory work
of Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act 1954
Where an offender—
(a)
who is undertaking a compulsory work by virtue of a
Compulsory Attendance Order; or
(b)
who has been required to undertake a compulsory work by virtue of a Compulsory Attendance Order but has not yet undertaken such compulsory work, is sentenced by any court to any term of imprisonment, or is detained under any law relating to preventive detention, such imprisonment or detention shall take precedence over the Compulsory Attendance
Order.
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(2)
Subject to subsection (3), the period of imprisonment or detention served by the offender shall be deemed to be the period of a compulsory work by virtue of a Compulsory Attendance Order.
(3)
The offender shall be required to undertake the compulsory work for the remaining period after deducting the period of imprisonment or detention served by the offender from the period as specified in the Compulsory Attendance Order.