The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010

Grant of bail subject to a condition of residence

19.25.—(1) The defendant must notify the prosecutor of the address at which the defendant would reside if released on bail with a condition of residence—

(a) as soon as practicable after the institution of proceedings, unless already done; and

(b) as soon as practicable after any change of that address.

(2) The prosecutor must help the court to assess the suitability of an address proposed as a condition of residence.

[Note. Under section 4 of the Bail Act 1976(1), the general rule, subject to exceptions, is that a defendant must be granted bail. Schedule 1 to the Act sets out some of the exceptions. Paragraph 5 of that Schedule allows a court to withhold bail if satisfied that it has not been practicable, for want of time since the institution of the proceedings, to obtain sufficient information for it to take the decisions required by that Schedule.]

(1)

1976 c. 63; section 4 was amended by section 154 of, and paragraph 145 of Schedule 7 to, the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 168 of, and paragraphs 32 and 33 of Schedule 10 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 58 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), sections 198 and 220 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), section 304 of, and paragraphs 20 and 22 of Schedule 32 to, the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), section 42 of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 13 to, the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) and sections 6 and 148 of, and paragraphs 23 and 102 of Schedule 4 and Part 1 of Schedule 28 to, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).