Section 178(5)

If the court proceeds under section 156 as applied by this section, this Part has effect with these modifications— any person the court believes is likely to be affected by an order under section 156 is entitled to appear before the court and make representations; the court must not make an order under section 156 unless the prosecutor ... has taken reasonable steps to contact the defendant; section 156(9) applies as if the reference to subsection (2) were to subsection (2) of this section; sections 160, 166(4) and 167 to 170 must be ignored; section 171 must be ignored while the defendant is still an absconder.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04