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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
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[F130ABail elsewhere than at police stationE+W
(1)A constable may release on bail a person who is arrested or taken into custody in the circumstances mentioned in section 30(1).
(2)A person may be released on bail under subsection (1) at any time before he arrives at a police station.
(3)A person released on bail under subsection (1) must be required to attend a police station.
[F2(3A)Where a constable releases a person on bail under subsection (1)—
(a)no recognizance for the person's surrender to custody shall be taken from the person,
(b)no security for the person's surrender to custody shall be taken from the person or from anyone else on the person's behalf,
(c)the person shall not be required to provide a surety or sureties for his surrender to custody, and
(d)no requirement to reside in a bail hostel may be imposed as a condition of bail.
(3B)Subject to subsection (3A), where a constable releases a person on bail under subsection (1) the constable may impose, as conditions of the bail, such requirements as appear to the constable to be necessary—
(a)to secure that the person surrenders to custody,
(b)to secure that the person does not commit an offence while on bail,
(c)to secure that the person does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or any other person, or
(d)for the person's own protection or, if the person is under the age of 17, for the person's own welfare or in the person's own interests.
(4)Where a person is released on bail under subsection (1), a requirement may be imposed on the person as a condition of bail only under the preceding provisions of this section.]
(5)The police station which the person is required to attend may be any police station.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 30A-30D inserted (20.1.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 4(7), 336; S.I. 2004/81, art. 2(1)(2)(a)
F2S. 30A(3A)-(4) substituted (1.4.2007) for s. 30A(4) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 10, 53, Sch. 6 para. 2; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(i) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 30A-30D applied (with modifications) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 24B(1)-(3) (as inserted (29.6.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 18(1), 53 (with s. 18(2)); S.I. 2007/1614, art. 2(e))
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