Offenders can be given a limit that they are allowed to drink, or they can be banned from consuming booze.
The tag measures the amount of alcohol in sweat every half-hour, with the results sent electronically to a monitoring system.
The Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring scheme will be piloted in South London next month and could be rolled out across England and Wales.
Judges must be satisfied that booze was a contributing factor to an offence but that the accused is not an alcoholic in need of specialised treatment.
The tags will be available to judges passing community or suspended sentences and can be sanctioned for up to four months.
But makers of the US tag SCRAM – Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring – warn that, while exercise is not a problem, spray tans and fragrances that contain alcohol can set off the sensor.
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