SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Amendment of enactments relating to bail

25Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)

After paragraph 1 insert—

1A

1

The paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) do not apply in relation to bail in, or in connection with, proceedings where—

a

the defendant has attained the age of 18,

b

the defendant has not been convicted of an offence in those proceedings, and

c

it appears to the court that there is no real prospect that the defendant will be sentenced to a custodial sentence in the proceedings.

2

The paragraphs are—

a

paragraph 2 (refusal of bail for failure to surrender to custody),

b

paragraph 3 (refusal of bail where defendant would commit further offences on bail), and

c

paragraph 7 (refusal of bail in certain circumstances when arrested under section 7).