[F110(1)This paragraph applies where the court before which an offender is brought under paragraph 9(2) is not the appropriate court (within the meaning of paragraph 9).E+W
(2)The alternative court may direct that the offender is to be released forthwith or remand him to appear before the appropriate court.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), section 128 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (remand in custody or on bail) applies as if the court referred to in subsections (1)(a), (3), (4)(a) and (5) were the appropriate court.
(4)Any power to remand the offender in custody which is conferred by section 128 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980 (as modified by sub-paragraph (3)) is to be taken to be a power to remand the offender [F2to a prison].
F3(5)]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. inserted (1.4.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 17(4), 116(1), Sch. 1; S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(d) (with art. 6)
F2Words in Sch. para. 10(4) substituted for Sch. para. 10(4)(a)(b) (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 2(5) (with s. 86(11)); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(r)(ii)
F3 Sch. para. 10(5) omitted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 2(6) (with s. 86(11)); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(r)(ii)