F1PART 65PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND HARASSMENT

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SECTION IHousing Act 1996 injunctions

Recognizance65.7

1

Where, in accordance with paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 15 to the 1996 Act, the court fixes the amount of any recognizance with a view to it being taken subsequently, the recognizance may be taken by—

a

a judge;

b

a justice of the peace;

c

a justices' clerk;

d

a police officer of the rank of inspector or above or in charge of a police station; or

e

where the arrested person is in his custody, the governor or keeper of a prison,

with the same consequences as if it had been entered into before the court.

2

The person having custody of an applicant for bail must release him if satisfied that the required recognizances have been taken.