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The police will have greater powers to impose restrictions on potential sex offenders under government proposals.
The restrictions - which could be used against a person never convicted - include limiting internet use, stopping contact with children or preventing travel abroad.
Breaching a sexual risk order could lead to a five-year jail sentence.
A second type of order, for those convicted of or cautioned about sexual offences, is also proposed.
The sexual harm prevention order - which would replace sexual offences prevention orders and foreign travel orders - would last a minimum of five years and have no maximum duration. It would apply to those convicted of sexual or violent offences either in the UK or overseas.
A sexual risk order would last a minimum of two years and also have no maximum duration. It replaces the risk of sexual harm order.
Both proposed orders have wider remits and lower risk requirements than the current measures in place.
They were tabled in the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill.
Police and National Crime Agency officers could apply for either type of order through a magistrates' court.
A sexual harm prevention order could also be made by a court when a person is convicted.
Individuals will be appeal against the orders and either the police or person subject to the order will be able to apply for it to be varied, renewed or discharged.
Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green said: "The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders.
"Today, we are going even further by giving police and National Crime Agency officers the power to place greater restrictions on any person they judge to be a risk.
"Our proposals support the Childhood Lost campaign to tighten the law on sex offenders and make it easier for police to monitor them."
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