(1)Section 37CA of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (release following arrest for breach of bail) is amended as follows.
(2)In the heading and subsection (1) for “section 37(7)(b)” substitute “section 37(7)(c)”.
(3)In subsection (2)(b) for the words from “, either” to the end substitute “—
(i)without bail unless the pre-conditions for bail are satisfied, or
(ii)on bail if those pre-conditions are satisfied.”
(4)In subsection (4) at the end insert “(and the reference in section 50A to any conditions of bail which would be imposed is to be read accordingly)”.
(5)In section 37D(4A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (power to keep a person in police detention) for “section 37(7)(b)” substitute “section 37(7)(c)”.