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48.—(1) [F1The duty of a person who is released on bail under this Part to surrender to custody under Article 4 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 consists of] a duty—
(a)to appear before a magistrates' court at such time and at such place as the custody officer may appoint; or
(b)to attend at such police station at such time as the custody officer may appoint.
[F2(1A) A person released on bail and subject to a duty to appear before a magistrates' court in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall be deemed for the purpose of Articles 48 and 49 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to have been remanded on bail.]
(2) The time to be appointed under [F3sub-paragraph (a) of] paragraph (1) shall be either the date of the next petty sessions at the place appointed or a date not later than 28 days from the date on which the person is released.
[F4(2A) The custody officer shall make a record of the time and place appointed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) and if the person released on bail so requests, the custody officer shall cause a copy of the record to be given to that person as soon as practicable after the record is made.]
[F5(3) No recognisance for his surrender to custody shall be taken from him.
(3A) Except as provided by this Article—
(a)no security for his surrender to custody shall be taken from him;
(b)he shall not be required to provide a surety or sureties for his surrender to custody; and
(c)no other requirement shall be imposed on him as a condition of bail.
(3B) He may be required, before release on bail, to provide a surety or sureties to secure his surrender to custody.
(3C) He may be required, before release on bail, to give security for his surrender to custody; and the security may be given by him or on his behalf.
(3D) He may be required to comply, before release on bail under [F6Article 38(2) or (7)(b) or Article 39(1)] or later, with such requirements as appear to the custody officer to be necessary to secure that—
(a)he surrenders to custody;
(b)he does not commit an offence while on bail; and
(c)he does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or any other person.
(3E) Where a custody officer has granted bail he or another custody officer serving at the same police station may, at the request of the person to whom it is granted, vary the conditions of bail; and in doing so may impose conditions or more onerous conditions.
(3F) Where a custody officer grants bail to a person no conditions shall be imposed under paragraph (3B), (3C), (3D) or (3E) unless it appears to the custody officer that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of preventing that person from—
(a)failing to surrender to custody;
(b)committing an offence while on bail; or
(c)interfering with witnesses or otherwise obstructing the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or any other person.
(3G) Paragraph (3F) also applies on any request to a custody officer under paragraph (3E) to vary the conditions of bail.
(3H) Where a custody officer varies any conditions of bail or imposes conditions under paragraph (3B), (3C), (3D) or (3E), he shall make a record of the decision and shall, at the request of the person to whom bail was granted, cause a copy of the record to be given to that person as soon as practicable after the record is made.]
[F7(4) A magistrates' court may, on an application by or on behalf of a person released on bail under Article 38(2) or (7)(b), vary the conditions of bail.
(5) A person who has been released on bail under Article 38(2) or (7)(b) may be arrested without warrant by a constable if the constable—
(a)has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is likely to break any of the conditions of his bail; or
(b)has reasonable grounds suspecting that the person has broken any of those conditions.
(5A) A person arrested under paragraph (5) must be taken to a police station (which may be the station where the conditions of bail were set or varied or any other police station) as soon as practicable after the arrest.]
(6) Paragraphs (7) to (11) apply to a person who is released on bailF8. . . subject to a duty to attend at a police station in accordance with sub‐paragraph (b) of paragraph (1).
(7) The custody officer may give notice in writing to such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (6) that his attendance at the police station is not required.
(8) Where it appears to the custody officer that such a person is, by reason of illness or other unavoidable cause, unable to appear at the police station at the time appointed, the custody officer may extend the time for such further period as may appear reasonable in the circumstances.
(9) Where a person is detained under Article 38(3), any time during which he was in police detention prior to being granted bail shall be included as part of any period which falls to be calculated under this Part.
(10) Nothing in this Article shall prevent the re‐arrest without warrant of such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (6) if new evidence justifying a further arrest has come to light since his release.
(11) Where such a person is re‐arrested, the provisions of this Part shall apply to him as they apply to a person arrested for the first time[F9; but this paragraph does not apply to a person who is arrested under Article 47A or has attended a police station in accordance with the grant of bail (and who accordingly is deemed by Article 35(8) to have been arrested for an offence)].
(12) In Article 129 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) Where a warrant has been endorsed for bail under paragraph (1)—
(a)where the person arrested is to be released on bail on his entering into a recognizance without sureties, it shall not be necessary to take him to a police station, but if he is so taken, he shall be released from custody on his entering into the recognizance; and
(b)where he is to be released on his entering into a recognizance with sureties, he shall be taken to a police station on his arrest, and the custody officer there shall (subject to his approving any surety tendered in compliance with the endorsement) release him from custody as directed in the endorsement.” .
(13) In this Part “bail” means bail granted in accordance with this Article.
F1Words in art. 48(1) substituted (12.3.2007) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)), arts. 1(3), 8(1)(a); S.R. 2007/56, art. 2
F2Art. 48(1A) inserted (12.3.2007) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1965 (N.I. 15)), arts. 1(2)(c), 21(2); S.R. 2007/55, art. 2
F3Words in art. 48(2) inserted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 24
F4Art. 48(2A) inserted (12.3.2007) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)), arts. 1(3), 8(1)(b); S.R. 2007/56, art. 2
F5Art. 48(3)-(3H) substituted (12.3.2007) for art. 48(3)-(5) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)), arts. 1(3), 8(1)(c); S.R. 2007/56, art. 2
F6Words in art. 48(3D) substituted (8.12.2008) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 87(2); S.R. 2008/472, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I
F7Art. 48(4)(5)(5A) inserted (8.12.2008) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 87(3); S.R. 2008/472, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I
F8Words in art. 48(6) repealed (12.3.2007) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)), arts. 1(3), 8(1)(d), 36(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 2007/56, art. 2
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