PART 11APPLICATIONS UNDER PART 4A OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1996
Recognizances11.19.
(1)
Where, in accordance with paragraph 2(1)(b)(ii) of Schedule 5 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 district judge;
(b)
a police officer of the rank of inspector or above or in charge of a police station; or
(c)
the governor or keeper of a prison where the arrested person is in the custody of that governor or keeper.
(2)
The person having custody of an applicant for bail must release him if satisfied that the required recognizances have been taken.