19 Drug users: restriction on bail

19  Drug users: restriction on bail

(1)     The 1976 Act is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 3 (general provisions), after subsection (6B) there is inserted—

“(6C)     Subsection (6D) below applies where—

(a)     the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that arrangements for conducting a relevant assessment or, as the case may be, providing relevant follow-up have been made for the petty sessions area in which it appears to the court that the person referred to in subsection (6D) would reside if granted bail; and

(b)     the notice has not been withdrawn.

(6D)     In the case of a person (“P”)—

(a)     in relation to whom paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph 6B(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act apply;

(b)     who, after analysis of the sample referred to in paragraph (b) of that paragraph, has been offered a relevant assessment or, if a relevant assessment has been carried out, has had relevant follow-up proposed to him; and

(c)     who has agreed to undergo the relevant assessment or, as the case may be, to participate in the relevant follow-up,

the court, if it grants bail, shall impose as a condition of bail that

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