Legislation – Policing and Crime Act 2017
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Part 4Police powers
CHAPTER 1Pre-charge bail
Time limits on period of bail
62Limit on period of bail under section 30A of PACE
(1)
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.
(2)
Section 30B (section 30A: notices) is amended as follows.
(3)
“(4)
The notice must also specify—
(a)
the police station which the person is required to attend, and
(b)
the time on the bail end date when the person is required to attend the police station.”
(4)
Omit subsection (4A)(c) and the “and” before it.
(5)
Omit subsection (5).
(6)
In subsection (6) for the words from “(5)” to the end substitute “
.
to attend at a different time or an additional time
”
(7)
“(6A)
A person may not be required under subsection (6) to attend a police station at a time which is after the bail end date in relation to the person.”
(8)
“(8)
In this section “bail end date”, in relation to a person, means the last day of the period of 28 days beginning with the day after the day on which the person was arrested for the offence in relation to which bail is granted under section 30A.”
(9)
In section 30CA (bail under section 30A: variation of conditions by police) omit subsection (1)(b) and the “or” before it.
(10)
In section 30D(3)
(meaning of “specified” in section 30D(1)) omit “or (5)”.