{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-91",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-91.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/91",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "91",
  "heading": "Bail: compassionate grounds",
  "text": "(1) A person who—\n(a) has been remanded in custody by a magistrates' court, and\n(b) is for the time being held in custody,\nmay apply to any magistrates' court for bail on compassionate grounds specified in the application.\n(2) On an application under this section the magistrates' court may grant bail.\n(3) For the purposes of this section and section 92 a person is held in custody if that person is held in custody in a prison, young offenders' centre, juvenile justice centre or other institution.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 91(1) substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 142(4)(a) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 91(2) substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 142(4)(b) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 91(4) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 142(4)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 91 in operation at 11.6.2012 by S.R. 2012/214, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/section/91",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:43.017346+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."
}