Valid from 10/04/1995
[46AF1Power of arrest for failure to answer to police bail.E+W
(1)A constable may arrest without a warrant any person who, having been released on bail under this Part of this Act subject to a duty to attend at a police station, fails to attend at that police station at the time appointed for him to do so.
(2)A person who is arrested under this section shall be taken to the police station appointed as the place at which he is to surrender to custody as soon as practicable after the arrest.
(3)For the purposes of—
(a)section 30 above (subject to the obligation in subsection (2) above), and
(b)section 31 above,
an arrest under this section shall be treated as an arrest for an offence.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 46A inserted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 29(2)(5); S.I. 1995/721, art. 2,Sch.