# The Armed Forces (Conditional Release from Custody) Order 2009, Article 7: Conditions of bail - general provisions


(1) A person granted bail under this Order shall be under a duty to surrender to custody, and that duty is enforceable in accordance with article 10.
(2) No recognizance for his surrender to custody shall be taken from him.
(3) Except as provided by this article—
(a) no security for his surrender to custody shall be taken from him;
(b) he shall not be required to provide a surety or sureties for his surrender to custody; and
(c) no other requirement shall be imposed on him as a condition of bail.
(4) He may be required, before release on bail, to—
(a) provide a surety or sureties to secure his surrender to custody;
(b) give (or have given on his behalf) security for his surrender to custody.
(5) He may be required to comply, before release on bail or later, with such requirements as appear to the judge advocate to be necessary—
(a) to secure that he surrenders to custody at an appointed time and place;
(b) to secure that he does not commit an offence while on bail;
(c) to secure that he does not obstruct the course of justice whether in relation to himself or any other person;
(d) for his own protection or, if he is a child or young person, for his own welfare or in his own interests;
(e) to secure that he makes himself available for the purpose of enabling inquiries or a report to be made to assist a court or judge advocate in dealing with him;
(f) to secure that before the time appointed for him to surrender to custody, he attends an interview with a legal adviser.
(6) If a parent or guardian of a child or young person consents to be surety for the child or young person for the purposes of this paragraph, the parent or guardian may be required to secure that the child or young person complies with any requirement imposed on him by virtue of paragraph (5) but—
(a) no requirement shall be imposed on the parent or the guardian of a young person by virtue of this paragraph where it appears that the young person will attain the age of seventeen before the time to be appointed for him to surrender to custody; and
(b) the parent or guardian shall not be required to secure compliance with any requirement to which his consent does not extend and shall not, in respect of those requirements to which his consent does extend, be bound in a greater sum than £50.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/991/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-conditional-release-from-custody-order-2009/article-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

