PART 19BAIL AND CUSTODY TIME LIMITS
SECTION 1: GENERAL RULES
General duties of court officer19.4
1
The court officer must arrange for a note or other record to be made of—
a
the parties’ representations about bail; and
b
the court’s reasons for a decision—
i
to withhold bail, or to impose or vary a bail condition, or
ii
to grant bail, where the prosecutor opposed the grant.
2
The court officer must serve notice of a decision about bail on—
a
the defendant (but, in the Crown Court, only where the defendant’s legal representative asks for such a notice, or where the defendant has no legal representative);
b
the prosecutor (but only where the court granted bail, the prosecutor opposed the grant, and the prosecutor asks for such a notice);
c
a party to the decision who was absent when it was made;
d
a surety who is directly affected by the decision;
e
the defendant’s custodian, where the defendant is in custody and the decision requires the custodian—
i
to release the defendant (or will do so, if a requirement ordered by the court is met), or
ii
to transfer the defendant to the custody of another custodian;
f
the court officer for any other court at which the defendant is required by that decision to surrender to custody.
3
Where the court postpones the date on which a defendant who is on bail must surrender to custody, the court officer must serve notice of the postponed date on—
a
the defendant; and
b
any surety.