Part 4: Police Powers Chapter 1: Pre-charge Bail Section 62: Limit on period of bail under section 30A of PACE
This section amends sections 30B, 30CA and 30D of PACE in order to set a time limit for 'street bail' (bail granted under section 30A of PACE elsewhere than at a police station). The section requires that the bail notice given under section 30B must, in addition to the existing requirements, set out the date, time and place at which bail must be answered. The date is required to be 28 days from the day after arrest. Because any extension of bail would be granted under Part 4, there is no provision to extend bail granted under section 30A. Subsections (6) and (7) provide that the police’s existing power to alter a bail return date (the time at which the person is to attend at the police station to answer bail) may not be used to extend street bail beyond the 28-day limit.