The Policing and Crime Bill, which is due to come into force on the 3^rd April 2017, puts forward a 28 day time limit in which a decision on police bail must be made. The current lack of a legal limit on the amount of time a person can be left on police bail is to be changed and a 28 day limit is to be imposed as part of new proposals by the Home Office. A Superintendent could extend bail for up to three more months, and any application to extend beyond this three month period would need to be made before a Magistrates’ Court, unless the case falls under the ‘exceptionally complex’ provisions.  There is no proposed limit on how often such applications could be made to the Court, but it is anticipated that the Court would need to be satisfied that the investigation was taking place expeditiously and that there were grounds to keep the suspect on bail.