Sentencing Act 2020

Curfew requirementE+W

18(1)In this Code “curfew requirement”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement that the offender must remain, for particular periods (“curfew periods”), at a particular place.E+W

(2)A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a curfew requirement must specify—

(a)the curfew periods, and

(b)the place at which the offender must remain for each curfew period.

(3)Different places or different curfew periods may be specified for different days.

(4)The curfew periods must amount to—

(a)not less than 2 hours in any day, F1...

(b)not more than [F2the relevant number of hours] in any day [F3, and

(c)not more than 112 hours in any period of 7 days beginning with the day of the week on which the requirement first takes effect.]

[F4(4A)In sub-paragraph (4)(b), “the relevant number of hours”—

(a)in relation to a youth rehabilitation order in respect of an offence of which the offender was convicted before the day on which paragraph 19 of Schedule 17 to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force, means 16 hours, and

(b)in relation to a youth rehabilitation order in respect of an offence of which the offender was convicted on or after that day, means 20 hours.]

(5)The specified curfew periods must fall within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the requirement first takes effect.