# Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Paragraph 74


In the Bail Act 1976—
(a) in section 4 (general right to bail of accused persons etc), in subsection (7) at the end add “ and section 115(1) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (bail decisions in murder cases to be made by Crown Court judge) ”, and
(b) in section 7 (liability to arrest for absconding or breaking conditions of bail), after subsection (7) add—
“(8) In the case of a person charged with murder or with murder and one or more other offences—
(a) subsections (4) and (5) have effect as if for “justice of the peace” there were substituted “ judge of the Crown Court ”,
(b) subsection (6) has effect as if for “justice” (in both places) there were substituted “ judge ”, and
(c) subsection (7) has effect, for the purposes of subsection (4), as if at the end there were added “, Saturday or bank holiday.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/21/paragraph/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-21/paragraph-74
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