32(1)Section 1 of the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 (prosecution right of appeal where bail is granted) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)After subsection (1A) insert—
“(1B)Where a judge of the Crown Court grants bail to a person who is charged with, or convicted of, an offence punishable by imprisonment, the prosecution may appeal to the High Court against the granting of bail.
(1C)An appeal under subsection (1B) may not be made where a judge of the Crown Court has granted bail on an appeal under subsection (1).”
(3)In subsection (2) for “Subsection (1) above applies” substitute “ Subsections (1) and (1B) above apply ”.
(4)In subsections (3), (4) and (8) for “or (1A)” substitute “ , (1A) or (1B) ”.
(5)In subsection (10)(a)—
(a)for “reference in subsection (1)” substitute “ references in subsections (1) and (1B) ”, and
(b)for “is to be read as a reference” substitute “ are to be read as references ”.