Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 E+W Extradition

Part 2 E+W Amendments to other Acts

Powers of High Court in relation to bail decisions by magistrates' court etc E+W

27 (1) Section 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) (power of High Court to grant, or vary conditions of, bail) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (1) (application to grant bail etc where case stated to High Court) there is inserted—

“(1A) Where a magistrates' court withholds bail in extradition proceedings or imposes conditions in granting bail in extradition proceedings, the High Court may grant bail or vary the conditions.”

(3) In subsection (4) (which defines certain terms used in section 22), after “ “bail in criminal proceedings”” there is inserted “ , “extradition proceedings” .

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 13 para. 27 in force at 15.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3364, art. 2(e)