(1) A police
officer must ensure any accused person charged with an offence who is refused
bail by a police officer with power to grant bail, or is not released on bail
granted by a police officer, is brought before a court or authorised justice
as soon as practicable to be dealt with according to law.
(2) A police
officer must, if it is reasonably practicable to do so, ensure that the
facilities prescribed by the regulations are made available to any
accused person in police custody who is to be brought, on a first appearance
for an offence, before a court or authorised justice more than 4 hours after
the person came into custody.
