Schedules
Schedule 21Minor and consequential amendments
Part 7Bail
Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)
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In the Bail Act 1976—
a
in section 4 (general right to bail of accused persons etc), in subsection (7) at the end add “
and section 115(1) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (bail decisions in murder cases to be made by Crown Court judge)
”
, and
b
in section 7 (liability to arrest for absconding or breaking conditions of bail), after subsection (7) add—
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In the case of a person charged with murder or with murder and one or more other offences—
a
subsections (4) and (5) have effect as if for “justice of the peace” there were substituted
“ judge of the Crown Court ”,b
subsection (6) has effect as if for “justice” (in both places) there were substituted
“ judge ”, andc
subsection (7) has effect, for the purposes of subsection (4), as if at the end there were added “, Saturday or bank holiday.