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Section 30D: Failure to answer to bail under section 30A

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 · 1984 c. 60View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Arrest

A constable may arrest without a warrant a person who—

has been released on bail under section 30A subject to a requirement to attend a specified police station, but
fails to attend the police station at the specified time.

A person arrested under subsection (1) must be taken to a police station (which may be the specified police station or any other police station) as soon as practicable after the arrest.

A person who has been released on bail under section 30A may be arrested without a warrant by a constable if the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person has broken any of the conditions of bail.

A person arrested under subsection (2A) must be taken to a police station (which may be the specified police station mentioned in subsection (1) or any other police station) as soon as practicable after the arrest.

In subsection (1), "specified" means specified in a notice under subsection (1) ... of section 30B or, if notice of change has been given under subsection (7) of that section, in that notice.

For the purposes of—

section 30 (subject to the obligations in subsections (2) and (2B)), and
section 31,

an arrest under this section is to be treated as an arrest for an offence.

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