Valid from 01/02/2010
74U.K.In the Bail Act 1976—
(a)in section 4 (general right to bail of accused persons etc), in subsection (7) at the end add “ and section 115(1) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (bail decisions in murder cases to be made by Crown Court judge) ”, and
(b)in section 7 (liability to arrest for absconding or breaking conditions of bail), after subsection (7) add—
“(8)In the case of a person charged with murder or with murder and one or more other offences—
(a)subsections (4) and (5) have effect as if for “justice of the peace” there were substituted “ judge of the Crown Court ”,
(b)subsection (6) has effect as if for “justice” (in both places) there were substituted “ judge ”, and
(c)subsection (7) has effect, for the purposes of subsection (4), as if at the end there were added “, Saturday or bank holiday.”