{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-1/part-1A/paragraph-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-1/part-1A/paragraph-1A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/63",
  "legislation_title": "Bail Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1A/paragraph/1A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) do not apply in relation to bail in, or in connection with, proceedings where—\n(a) the defendant has attained the age of 18 and,\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) it appears to the court that there is no real prospect that the defendant will be sentenced to a custodial sentence , other than a suspended sentence, in the proceedings.\n(2) The paragraphs are—\n(a) paragraph 2 (refusal of bail for failure to surrender to custody),\n(b) paragraph 3 (refusal of bail where defendant would commit further offences on bail), and\n(c) paragraph 7 (refusal of bail in certain circumstances when arrested under section 7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1A inserted (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 12 para. 6; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1A para. 1A inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 11 para. 25; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 1A para. 1A(1)(a) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 44(9)(a), 49(1); S.I. 2026/86, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1A para. 1A(1)(b) omitted (22.3.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 44(9)(b), 49(1); S.I. 2026/86, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1A para. 1A(1)(c) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 44(9)(c), 49(1); S.I. 2026/86, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/33",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Health Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/63/schedule/1/part/1A/paragraph/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:48.662895+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}