PART 2SENTENCING

CHAPTER 5CURFEWS AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING

Release of children on bail

Release of child on bail: curfew and electronic monitoring requirements43

1

This Article applies where a court proposes to release a child on bail under Article 12 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 9).

2

The court shall not impose—

a

a curfew requirement, or

b

an electronic monitoring requirement,

as a condition of bail unless the court considers that, if it did not do so, it would be necessary to remand the child in custody to protect the public.