The United Nations (International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals) Order 2018

Remand and bail

12.—(1) Where by virtue of this Order a court has power to remand a person (“P”) the proceedings must for the purposes of section 4 of the Bail Act 1976(1) (general right to bail) be treated as extradition proceedings as defined in section 2(2) of that Act, and the court may—

(a)remand P in custody, that is to say, commit P for the period of the remand to prison or the custody of a constable; or

(b)if it is satisfied that there are no substantial grounds for believing that P, if released on bail, would fail to surrender to custody, remand P on bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976, that is to say, direct P to surrender himself or herself into the custody of the officer in charge of a specified police station at the time to be appointed by that officer and notified in writing to P,

but nothing in this paragraph authorises the remand on bail of a person who is serving a term of imprisonment or detention to which he or she has been sentenced by a national court.

(2) Where the release on bail of a person (“Q”) is conditional on P providing one or more surety or sureties and, in accordance with section 8(3) of the Bail Act 1976, the court fixes the amount in which the surety is to be bound with a view to Q entering into his or her recognisance subsequently in accordance with subsections (4) and (5), or subsection (6) (as appropriate) of that section the court must in the meantime commit Q to the custody of a constable.

(3) The time to be appointed for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) must not be more than 24 hours before the time at which it appears to the officer in charge of the police station that the period of remand is likely to end.

(4) During the period between the surrender of a person (“R”) and the end of the period of remand, R must be treated as committed to the custody of the constable; but where it appears to the officer to whom R surrenders that the end of the period of remand will be unexpectedly delayed—

(a)the officer must grant R bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976 subject to a duty to surrender himself or herself into the custody of the officer in charge of the police station specified under paragraph (1)(b) at the time to be appointed by that officer and notified in writing to R, and

(b)the time to be appointed for that purpose must not be more than 24 hours before the time at which it appears to the officer that the period of remand is likely to end.

(5) If a person (“S”) fails to surrender at the time appointed for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) or (4)(a)—

(a)the court by which S was remanded may issue a warrant for S’s arrest; and

(b)on S’s arrest under that warrant, paragraph (4) applies as if S had surrendered to the officer in charge of the police station specified under paragraph (1)(b), but that officer must not grant P bail unless he or she is satisfied that it is proper to do so.

(6) This article does not apply to Scotland.