{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-1/part-I/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-1/part-I/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/63",
  "legislation_title": "Bail Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/I/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The defendant need not be granted bail if the court is satisfied that there are substantial grounds for believing that the defendant, if released on bail (whether subject to conditions or not) would—\n(a) fail to surrender to custody, or\n(b) commit an offence while on bail, or\n(c) interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or any other person.\n(2) Where the defendant falls within paragraph 6B, this paragraph does not apply unless—\n(a) the court is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph 6A, or\n(b) paragraph 6A does not apply by virtue of paragraph 6C.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2 renumbered as Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2(1) (5.4.2004) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 20(1), 336(3) (with s. 141); S.I. 2004/829, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2(2) substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 11 para. 14; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/33",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Health Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/63/schedule/1/part/I/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}