Regulation 2

(1)

The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987^f1 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 4, after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(4A)

In the case of a summary offence, the maximum period of custody beginning with the date of the accused’s first appearance and ending with the date of the start of the summary trial shall be 56 days.”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/299; regulation 4 was amended by section 71 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/767, 1991/1515 and 1995/555.