In subsection (3) of section 47 of the 1984 Act (bail after arrest), for the words “subsection (4)” there shall be substituted the words .“ subsections (3A) and (4) ”
After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(3A)Where a custody officer grants bail to a person subject to a duty to appear before a magistrates’ court, he shall appoint for the appearance— (a) a date which is not later than the first sitting of the court after the person is charged with the offence; or (b) where he is informed by the clerk to the justices for the relevant petty sessions area that the appearance cannot be accommodated until a later date, that later date.