(1)  A court that imposes a home detention order on an offender must specify the period during which the offender must comply with the order (the operational period ).

(2)  The operational period of a home detention order may not be specified to be more than 18 months.

(3)  A court must not specify, when making or varying a home detention order, an operational period, the effect of which would be that the total consecutive operational periods of all the home detention orders in relation to the offender would be more than 18 months.

(4)  A home detention order remains in force until the operational period expires or the order is cancelled under this Act, whichever occurs first.