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<p>Only Courts have the power to vary a curfew that has been imposed as part of a
community order.</p><p> </p><p>Curfew is one of the range of community requirements
which can be imposed as part of a community order, so the offender is required to
be in a particular place at certain times. If the court makes a community order that
includes a curfew requirement, it must also impose an electronic monitoring requirement
(unless there are particular reasons for not doing so), the purpose of which is to
promote and monitor compliance. A curfew can be imposed for a daily maximum of 16
hours per day and for the maximum requirement duration of 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The
National Probation Service can commence enforcement proceedings for alleged violations
of a curfew. If enforcement proceedings are commenced and the court finds that the
offender has breached their curfew, one of the sanctions the court can apply is to
make the order more onerous which could include varying the curfew by extending the
daily curfew hours or the overall length of the curfew requirement.</p>
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