43 Detention of accused.U.K.
[F1(1)The Appeal Court [F2shall make one of the orders specified in subsection (1A)] where—
(a)but for the decision of the Appeal Court, the accused would be liable to be detained; and
(b)immediately after that decision, the Director of Service Prosecutions is granted leave to appeal or gives notice that he intends to apply for leave to appeal.
(1A)[F3The orders specified in this subsection are] —
(a)an order providing for the detention of the accused so long as any appeal to the [F4Court of Judicature] is pending; F5...
(b)an order directing that, so long as any appeal to the [F4Court of Judicature] is pending, the accused is not to be released except on bail.
[F6(c)an order that the accused be released without bail.]
(1B)Where an order within subsection (1A)(b) is made, the Appeal Court may grant the accused bail pending the appeal.]
[F7(1C)The Appeal Court may make an order within subsection (1A)(c) only if they think that it is in the interests of justice that the accused should not be liable to be detained as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court on the appeal.]
(2)An order [F8within subsection (1A)(a) or (b)] shall (unless the appeal has been previously disposed of) cease to have effect at the expiration of the period for which the accused would have been liable to be detained but for the decision of the Appeal Court.
(3)An order made under this section for the detention of a person who, but for the decision of the Appeal Court, would be liable to be detained in pursuance of an order or direction under United Kingdom mental health legislation shall be an order authorising his continued detention in pursuance of that order or direction; and the relevant provisions of that legislation with respect to persons liable to be detained thereunder (including provisions as to the renewal of authority for detention and the removal or discharge of patients) shall apply accordingly.
[F9(3A)The relevant provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 with respect to community treatment orders (within the meaning of that Act) shall also apply for the purposes of subsection (3).]
(4)The legislation referred to in subsection (3) above is [F10Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983] the [F11Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003] and the Mental Health [F12(Northern Ireland) Order 1986].
[F13(5)The accused shall not be liable to be detained again as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court on the appeal if—
(a)the Appeal Court have made an order within subsection (1A)(c), or
(b)the Appeal Court have made an order within subsection (1A)(a) or (b) but the order has ceased to have effect by virtue of subsection (2) or the accused has been released or discharged by virtue of subsection (3).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 43(1)-(1B) substituted for s. 43(1) (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 43(a); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
F2Words in s. 43(1) substituted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(2); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)
F3Words in s. 43(1A) substituted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(3)(a); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)
F4Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F5Word in s. 43(1A)(a) repealed (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(3)(b), Sch. 28 Pt. 3; S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)
F6S. 43(1A)(c) inserted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(3)(c); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)
F7S. 43(1C) inserted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(4); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)
F8Words in s. 43(2) substituted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(5); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)
F9S. 43(3A) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), s. 56(1), Sch. 4 para. 3(3); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(i) (with art. 3, Sch.)
F10Words substituted by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148, Sch. 4 para. 24(a)
F11Words in s. 43(4) substituted (24.6.2008) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 43(b); S.I. 2008/1650, art. 4(a)
F12Words substituted by S.I. 1986/596, art. 6(a)
F13S. 43(5) substituted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 9(6); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(a)