Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)
8(1)Section 7 (liability to arrest for absconding or breaking conditions of bail) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (5) for “subsection (6)” substitute “subsections (5A) and (6)”.
(3)After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)A justice of the peace may not remand a person in, or commit a person to, custody under subsection (5) if—
(a)the person has attained the age of eighteen,
(b)the person was released on bail in non-extradition proceedings,
(c)the person has not been convicted of an offence in those proceedings, and
(d)it appears to the justice of the peace that there is no real prospect that the person will be sentenced to a custodial sentence in the proceedings.”
(4)In subsection (6) for “the person so brought before the justice” substitute “a person brought before a justice under subsection (4) or (4B)”.