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PART 14BAIL AND CUSTODY TIME LIMITS

BAIL

Prosecutor’s representations about bail

14.5.—(1) This rule applies whenever the court can grant or withhold bail.

(2) The prosecutor must provide the court with all the information in the prosecutor’s possession which is material to what the court must decide.

(3) A prosecutor who opposes the grant of bail must specify—

(a)each exception to the general right to bail on which the prosecutor relies; and

(b)each consideration that the prosecutor thinks relevant.

(4) A prosecutor who wants the court to impose a condition on any grant of bail must—

(a)specify each condition proposed; and

(b)explain what purpose would be served by such a condition.

[Note. A summary of the general entitlement to bail and of the exceptions to that entitlement is at the end of this Part.]