{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/15",
  "legislation_title": "Public Order Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Remand in custody or on bail",
  "text": "(1) The court must not remand a person for a period exceeding eight clear days except that—\n(a) if the court remands the person on bail, it may remand the person for a longer period if the person and the other party consent, and\n(b) if the court adjourns a case under section 19(9) (remand for medical examination and report) the court may remand the person for the period of adjournment.\n(2) Where the court has the power to remand a person in custody it may, if the remand is for a period not exceeding three clear days, commit the person to the custody of a constable.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 35(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/15/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:10.834893+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."
}