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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-48",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/48",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 3 (general provisions)—\n(a) in subsection (8)—\n(i) for “committed” there is substituted “ sent ”, and\n(ii) after “for trial or” there is inserted “ committed him on bail to the Crown Court ”, and\n(b) subsections (8A) and (8B), and the subsection (10) inserted by paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 9 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), are omitted.\n(3) In section 5 (supplementary provisions about decisions on bail)—\n(a) in subsection (6)(a), for “committing” there is substituted “ sending ”, and\n(b) in subsection (6A)(a)—\n(i) after “under” there is inserted “ section 52(5) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ”,\n(ii) sub-paragraph (i) is omitted,\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (ii) there is inserted—\n“(iia) section 17C (intention as to plea: adjournment);”, and\n(iv) at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) there is inserted\n“or\n(iv) section 24C (intention as to plea by child or young person: adjournment),”.\n(4) In section 6 (offence of absconding by person released on bail), in subsection (6)(b), for “commits” there is substituted “ sends ”.\n(5) In section 9 (offence of agreeing to indemnify sureties in criminal proceedings), in subsection (3)(b), for “commits” there is substituted “ sends ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 48 partly in force; Sch. 3 para. 48 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); Sch. 3 para. 48(1)(2)(a)(i)(3)(a)(b)(i)(4)(5) in force for certain purposes at 9.5.2005 by S.I. 2005/1267, art. 2, Sch. paras. 1(1)(g), 2(c); Sch. 3 para. 48 in force at 18.6.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 48 in force at 5.11.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 48 in force at 28.5.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/3/paragraph/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:40.404644+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."
}