Bail Act 1982

Where this section applies, an authorised police officer may —

cancel an undertaking of the kind described in clause 2(3)(c) of Part C of Schedule 1; and

approve of another person as a responsible person within the meaning in that clause; and

detain the accused or order his detention until the person so approved enters into an undertaking of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a).

Subsection (1) applies where —

a person has entered into an undertaking referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection; and

a judicial officer when granting bail ordered that the person may under this section be released from the undertaking by an authorised police officer; and

the person wishes to be so released.

A police officer may, for the purpose of the exercise of the powers in subsection (1), take into custody a child accused who has been released on bail.

If the police officer is not an authorised police officer he shall, as soon as is practicable, bring the accused before an authorised police officer for the purpose referred to in subsection (3).

After an undertaking has been entered into as mentioned in subsection (1)(c), the accused, subject to this Act, has a right to be at liberty until he is required to appear before a court.