{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-153A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-153A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1984/225",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984",
  "path": "rule/153A",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "153A",
  "heading": "[ Procedure on application for bail following grant of conditional police bail",
  "text": "(1) An application under Article 132A of the Order [ or under Article 48(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989] shall be made by giving notice in Form 91A which shall—\n(a) contain a statement of the grounds upon which it is made;\n(b) specify the offence in connection with which the applicant was released on bail;\n(c) specify, or be accompanied by a copy of the note of, the reasons given by the custody officer for imposing or varying the conditions of bail; and\n(d) specify the name and address of any surety provided by the applicant before his release on bail to secure his surrender to custody.\n(2) The notice under paragraph (1) shall be served by the applicant—\n(a) on the clerk of petty sessions, and\n(b) on the custody officer for the police station at which the applicant was granted bail or at which the conditions of his bail were varied.\n(3) A notice under paragraph (1) may be served by the applicant or any person authorised by him to serve such notice in accordance with section 24(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\n(4) The clerk of petty sessions shall give notice of the date, time and place fixed for the hearing of the application to—\n(a) the applicant;\n(b) the prosecutor; and\n(c) any surety provided by the applicant before his release on bail to secure his surrender to custody.\n(5) The time fixed for the hearing of the application shall be not later than 72 hours after receipt of the application, excluding weekends, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any bank holiday.\n(6) The clerk of petty sessions shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the applicant and any surety specified in the application of the decision of the court in Form 91B.\n(7) The notice specified in paragraph (6) shall be served by ordinary first class post (in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been received in the ordinary course of post unless the applicant or, as the case may be, the surety proves that he did not receive it).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 153A(2) substituted (31.10.2016) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(34); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 08.12.08"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Rules 153A-153B inserted by S.R 2004 No. 299 with effect from 12.03.07"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/153A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:12.928261+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."
}