Police and Justice Act 2006

Power to impose conditions on granting bail

2 In section 30A (bail elsewhere than at police station), for subsection (4) (no condition of bail may be imposed other than requirement to attend police station) there is substituted—

“(3A) Where a constable releases a person on bail under subsection (1)—

(a) no recognizance for the person’s surrender to custody shall be taken from the person,

(b) no security for the person’s surrender to custody shall be taken from the person or from anyone else on the person’s behalf,

(c) the person shall not be required to provide a surety or sureties for his surrender to custody, and

(d) no requirement to reside in a bail hostel may be imposed as a condition of bail.

(3B) Subject to subsection (3A), where a constable releases a person on bail under subsection (1) the constable may impose, as conditions of the bail, such requirements as appear to the constable to be necessary—

(a) to secure that the person surrenders to custody,

(b) to secure that the person does not commit an offence while on bail,

(c) to secure that the person does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or any other person, or

(d) for the person’s own protection or, if the person is under the age of 17, for the person’s own welfare or in the person’s own interests.

(4) Where a person is released on bail under subsection (1), a requirement may be imposed on the person as a condition of bail only under the preceding provisions of this section.”