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Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 73 Cited in Amendments 39 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1978 c. 5
Year1978
(1) Where in any proceedings before a magistrates’ court for a scheduled offence (not being an extra-territorial offence as defined in section 1(3) of the (2) Where in any proceedings a person charged with a scheduled offence is also charged with another offence which is not a scheduled offence, that other offence shall be treated as a scheduled offence for the purposes of subsection (1) above.by a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal; orby the judge of the court of trial, on adjourning the trial of a person charged with a scheduled offence.fail to surrender to custody, orcommit an offence while on bail, orinterfere with any witness, orotherwise obstruct or attempt to obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or in relation to any other person,the nature and seriousness of the offence with which the person is charged,the character, antecedents, associations and community ties of the person,the time which the person has already spent in custody and the time which he is likely to spend in custody if he is not admitted to bail, andthe strength of the evidence of his having committed the offence,(4) Without prejudice to any other power to impose conditions on admission to bail, a judge may impose such conditions on admitting a person to bail under this section as appear to him to be likely to result in that person’s appearance at the time and place required, or to be necessary in the interests of

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