Bail Act 1980
Queensland Bail
Act 1980 Current as at [Not
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Queensland Bail Act
1980 Contents Part 1
1 6 6A
Part
2 7 8 9
10 10A 10B
11 11AA 11AB
11A 11B 12
13 14 14A
15 15A 16
16A Page Preliminary Short title . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 5 Definitions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 5 Delegation of powers by proper
officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 9 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release Power of police officer to grant bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Power of court as
to bail
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Duty of court to grant bail in certain cases
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 General powers as to bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
No
court fee payable for making application to
Supreme Court .
14
No
costs order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Conditions of release on bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Release of a person only after surrender
of passport
. . . . . . . . . 20
Condition requiring completion of
DAAR course
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Release of a person with an impairment
of the
mind . . . . . . . . . 21
Release notice .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Restriction on publication of
information, evidence and the like given in
bail
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 23 When only
particular courts may grant bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 24 Release of persons apprehended on
making deposit of money as security for appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Magistrates Courts may grant cash bail or permit to go at large .
28
Procedure upon application for
bail .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Conduct of proceeding by Magistrates Court
outside district or division 32
Refusal of bail generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Refusal of bail for defendants convicted of
terrorism offences or subject to Commonwealth
control orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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19A 19B 19C
19CA 19D 19E
Part
3 20 21 22
23 24 25
26 Part 4 27
27A 27B 28
28A 28B 28C
29 29A 30
31 32 32A
32B Enlargement of undertaking
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38 Endorsement of decision as to bail or
release on papers and warrant 39 Application re
refusal or conditions of bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 40 Consideration of unrecorded
convictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40 Review of particular decisions . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Review by Supreme Court of magistrate’s decision on a review
42
Stay
of release decision relating to relevant domestic
violence offence 43 Warrants in aid
of orders under section 19B or 19C or stay under section
19CA
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Review provisions do not affect other powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Undertakings and
sureties Undertaking
as to
bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sureties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48 Procedure
where sureties do not attend prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Application to
court by
surety for
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Apprehension of
defendant by
surety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Effect of death of surety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Offence of indemnifying surety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
General provisions Notice of trial
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Warrant for apprehension of
defendant for
failing to
enter into undertaking etc. before leaving
precincts of court . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warrant for apprehension of defendant—bail
granted using video link facilities or audio link facilities
under Justices Act 1886, pt 6A . . 55
Warrant for apprehension of
defendant by
Supreme or
District Court 56
Other warrants for apprehension
of defendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Warrant authority to apprehend defendant on other charges
. . .
59
Warrant for apprehension of person released
under section 11A 60 Offence
to breach
conditions of
bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Procedure in respect of defendants apprehended under
s 21(7) or the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Apprehension on variation or revocation of
bail . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62 Forfeiture of undertaking . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64 Forfeiture of deposit or other
security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 65 Order for payment of amount under
forfeited undertaking . . . . . 65
Variation
or revocation
of order
forfeiting bail undertaking . . . . . 66
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33 33A 33B
33C 33D 34
34A 34B 34BA
34BB 34C 34D
34E 34F 35
36 36A 36B
36BA 36C 37
Part
5 38 39 40
41 42 43
44 45 Bail Act
1980 Contents Failure to
appear in accordance with undertaking . . . . . . . . . . .
. 67 Certain offences may be dealt with . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Committal or remand of certain
defendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70 Jurisdiction . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 70 Postponing issue or enforcement of a
warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71 Effect of apprehension on another charge of defendant on bail .
71
Varying bail if
summary charge transmitted
from court
of summary jurisdiction to another court . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71 Varying bail if summary charge
transmitted from receiving court back to court of summary
jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Varying bail on
registry committal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Varying bail for
charge for
indictable offence referred
to clerk
of the
court under Justices
Act 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Access to court files by representative of
community justice group
in defendant’s
community .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Commissioner may
give information about
special condition of bail to
particular
persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Proceedings for
offences .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Evidentiary provisions . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Service of notices . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80 When bail ceases to have effect . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Review of domestic violence provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Transitional provisions Transitional
provisions for State Penalties Enforcement
Act 1999 82
Provision concerning references to
s 28A(1)(a)
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Provisions concerning bail decisions
under s
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Transitional provision for
Liquor and
Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2010
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 84 Transitional provision for Criminal
Law (Criminal Organisations Disruption) and
Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2013 . . . . . . 84
Transitional provision for
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2014 . .
85
Transitional provision for
Safe Night
Out Legislation Amendment
Act 2014
. .
. . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Transitional
provision for
Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled
Violence Legislation Amendment
Act 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
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Act 1980 Contents 46
47 Schedule Transitional
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86 Transitional provision for Justice
Legislation (Links to Terrorist Activity) Amendment Act
2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 86 Offences for
which bail must not be granted under section 14 or 14A
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Bail
Act 1980 Bail Act 1980 Part 1
Preliminary [s 1] An Act to
consolidate and amend the law relating to the release
of defendants charged
with offences and
for incidental and
other
purposes Part 1 Preliminary 1
Short
title This Act may be cited as the
Bail
Act 1980 . 6 Definitions In this
Act— adjourn includes
postpone or reserve a question on a point of law.
admit to bail includes
grant bail. appeal includes an
application for leave to appeal. approved
form see section 36C. committal for
trial includes a committal for sentence.
Commonwealth control
order means
a control order
as defined in the Criminal Code (Cwlth),
section 100.1(1). community justice group means—
(a) the community
justice group
established under
the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander Communities (Justice,
Land and
Other Matters)
Act 1984 ,
part 4,
division 1, for the community of a defendant
who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person;
or Current as at [Not applicable]
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Preliminary [s 6] (b)
a
group of persons within the community of a defendant
who
is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person,
other than a department of government, that
is involved in the provision of any of the
following— (i) information to a court about
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander defendants;
(ii) diversionary, interventionist or
rehabilitation activities relating
to Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander defendants; (iii)
other activities relating to local justice
issues; or (c) a group of persons made up of elders
or other respected persons of the defendant’s community.
conviction includes—
(a) a finding of guilt;
(b) a finding
that a
person is
not guilty by
reason of
unsoundness of mind; (c)
a
conviction of an offence for which an order is made—
(ii) requiring the
person to perform unpaid community service;
or (iii) discharging the
person absolutely or conditionally. court
includes— (a)
a
judge or justice, whether sitting in court or acting in
another way; and (b)
a
court exercising appellate jurisdiction; and (c)
a justice or
justices conducting an
examination of
witnesses in relation to an indictable
offence; and (d) a justice acting under section 15A or
conducting a bail proceeding by using video link facilities or
audio link facilities under the Justices Act
1886 , part 6A. criminal
proceeding includes
a hearing, trial
or appeal in
relation to an offence. Page 6
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Act 1980 Part 1 Preliminary [s 6]
defendant means
a person charged
with or
convicted of
an offence and
includes such
a person who
is a party
to an appeal.
defendant’s community , in relation to
a defendant who is an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander person,
means the
defendant’s Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander community, whether it is— (a)
an
urban community; or (b) a rural community; or
(c) a community
on DOGIT land
under the
Aboriginal Land
Act 1991 or the
Torres Strait
Islander Land
Act 1991 .
deputy director
of public prosecutions means,
where the
charge out
of which a
prosecution arises
is a charge
for an offence
against the
laws of
the Commonwealth, the
deputy director of
public prosecutions in Queensland. hearing
means a proceeding before a court or judge
or before any justice or justices dealing summarily
with a charge of a simple offence or conducting an examination
of witnesses in relation to
an indictable offence
or a proceeding wherein
a person is to be sentenced and includes
a proceeding wherein a person is charged with an offence on
indictment whether or not the
person has
been called
upon to
plead to
that indictment. judge
includes a District Court judge.
lawyer means
an Australian lawyer
who, under
the Legal Profession Act
2007 ,
may engage in
legal practice
in this State.
offence includes an
alleged offence. police establishment means a police
establishment under the Police Service Administration Act
1990 . precincts , of a court,
means any land or building, or the part of any land or
building, used for the purposes of the court. Current as at
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Preliminary [s 6] prison
includes any
institution or
place at
which a
child is
detained pursuant to the Youth Justice
Act 1992 and any other place where
persons may be detained in lawful custody. proper
officer , when used in relation to a court,
means— (a) in the case of the Supreme Court or
the District Court— the registrar or any sheriff or deputy
sheriff; or (b) in the
case of
a Magistrates Court—the
clerk of
the court. simple
offence means an offence (whether or not
indictable) punishable on summary conviction before a
Magistrates Court by fine, imprisonment or otherwise.
SPER means
the State Penalties
Enforcement Registry
established under the State Penalties
Enforcement Act 1999 . surrender into
custody , when used in relation to a
defendant who is— (a)
on
bail; or (b) permitted to go at large without
bail; means surrender into the custody of the
court at the time and place for the time being appointed for
the defendant to do so. terrorism offence means—
(a) a terrorism offence under the Crimes
Act 1914 (Cwlth); or (b) an
offence against
the repealed Crimes
(Foreign Incursions and
Recruitment) Act 1978 (Cwlth), sections 6 to 9;
or (c) an offence
against the
Terrorism (Community Protection) Act
2003 (Vic), section 4B; or (d) an offence
against the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), section 310J; or
(e) an offence against the Criminal Law
Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), section 83CA; or
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(f) another offence
against a
provision of
a law of
the Commonwealth or another State if the
provision— (i) is prescribed by regulation;
and (ii) is in relation
to an activity that involves a terrorist act,
or is preparatory to
the carrying out
of an activity that
involves a terrorist act. terrorist act see
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000, section 211. trial
means a proceeding wherein a person is
charged with an offence on
indictment and
includes a
proceeding wherein
a person is to be sentenced.
undertaking means a promise
in writing with respect to bail signed by a
defendant or by a defendant and the defendant’s surety or
sureties that the defendant will appear at a hearing or
an adjourned hearing
or upon the
defendant’s trial
or an appeal and
surrender into custody and comply with such other
conditions as are imposed for the
defendant’s release on bail. vary
, when used
in relation to
bail, means
impose further
conditions after
bail is
granted, alter,
amend or
rescind conditions or
alter the amount of bail. watch-house manager
means a watch-house manager under
the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 . 6A Delegation of
powers by proper officer (1) A
proper officer
may delegate the
proper officer’s
powers under this Act
to an officer of the public service (an officer
) mentioned in subsection (2) if the
officer is a justice. (2) If the proper
officer is— (a) the sheriff—the powers may be
delegated to an officer employed in
the sheriff’s office
or Magistrates Court
registry; or (b)
the
registrar—the powers may be delegated to an officer
employed in
the District Court
registry or
Magistrates Court registry;
or Current as at [Not applicable]
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 7] (c)
the
clerk of the court—the powers may be delegated to
an
officer employed in the Magistrates Court registry.
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enlargement of bail and other release 7
Power
of police officer to grant bail (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a person,
who has been
arrested in
connection with
a charge of an offence, or under a
warrant issued under the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 33AC,
is delivered into the custody of a police
officer who is— (i) the officer-in-charge of a
police station
or police establishment;
or (ii) a watch-house
manager; and (b) the person is not detained under
the Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act 2000 , chapter 15, part 2; and
(c) a prescribed police
officer is
satisfied it
is not practicable to
bring the person before a court promptly. (2)
The
prescribed police officer must investigate whether or not
the
person may be granted bail by the officer under this Act.
Notes— 1
See
section 13 for when only particular courts may grant a
person bail. 2
See
section 16 for when the prescribed police officer must refuse
to grant a person bail. (3)
If
the prescribed police officer is satisfied the person may be
granted bail by the officer under this Act,
the officer must— (a) grant bail
to the person
and release the
person from
custody; or (b)
issue and
serve on
the person a
notice to
appear and
release the person from custody.
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Bail
Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 7] (4)
A person granted
bail and
released in
accordance with
this section shall be
released— (a) pursuant to section 14; or
(b) on conditions for
the person’s release
made by
the police officer pursuant to section
11. Note— For
the release of
a person on
bail subject
to a special
condition imposed
under section
11(2) requiring the
person to
surrender the
person’s current passport, see section
11AA. (5) If the prescribed police officer
refuses to grant bail to a person under this
section, the officer must write the officer’s reasons
for
the refusal— (a) on the papers relating to the person;
or (b) on the warrant; or (c)
in a
register or record of persons in custody. (6)
The keeping of
the person in
custody is
not unlawful only
because of a failure to comply with
subsection (5). (7) A grant of bail to a person under this
section, the issuing and serving on
a person of
a notice to
appear and
the person’s release
from custody
thereon discharges the
duty of
taking that person
before a justice to be dealt with according to law.
(8) A court before which a person granted
bail pursuant to this section appears may enlarge, vary or
revoke bail so granted. (9) This section
does not apply if the arrested person is a child.
(10) In this
section— notice to appear see the
Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act
2000 , schedule 6. officer-in-charge , of a police
station or police establishment, includes a
police officer nominated by the officer-in-charge of
the police station
or police establishment as
the officer-in-charge of the police
station or police establishment during the
officer-in-charge’s absence. Current as at
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enlargement of bail and other release [s 8]
prescribed police officer
, in
relation to a person in custody, means—
(a) if the person is in custody at a
police station or police establishment—the officer-in-charge of
the police station or
police establishment; or (b) if the person is
in custody at a watch-house— (i)
the
watch-house manager; or (ii) another
police officer
whose duties
include performing
functions at the watch-house in relation to persons in
custody. 8 Power of court as to bail
(1) A court, subject to this Act—
(a) may grant bail to a person held in
custody on a charge of or in connection with an offence
if— (i) the person is awaiting a criminal
proceeding to be held by that court in relation to that
offence; or (ia) the court is a
Magistrates Court and the person is awaiting
an appeal under
the Justices Act
1886 ,
section 222 to be held in the District
Court; or (ii) the court has
adjourned the criminal proceeding; or (iii)
the
court has committed or remanded the person in the
course of
or in connection with
a criminal proceeding to be
held by that court or another court in relation to
that offence; and (b) may enlarge, vary or revoke bail so
granted. Notes— 1
If
the court is a Magistrates Court, see the Justices Act
1886 , part 6A, for
provisions about the use of video link facilities or audio
link
facilities for proceedings, including bail proceedings.
2 The provisions about the sexual
assault counselling privilege in the Evidence Act
1977 , part 2, division 2A apply in relation to
bail proceedings. Page 12
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Bail
Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 9] (2)
A
person in custody on a charge of or in connection with an
offence who is not granted bail or released
under section 11A must, unless the person has been sentenced
for that offence, be remanded in custody. (3)
Save
where this Act or any other Act otherwise provides, an
enlargement of bail may, if the court thinks
fit, be granted in the absence of the defendant.
(4) A person to whom bail is granted shall
not be released from custody while
the person is,
for any other
cause, being
lawfully held in custody.
(5) The powers of the Court of Appeal with
respect to bail may be exercised by
a judge of
the Supreme Court
in the same
manner as they may be exercised by the Court
of Appeal, but, if the judge
refuses an
application with
respect to
bail, the
person making
the application may
apply to
the Court of
Appeal and
that court
shall hear
and determine the
application. 9
Duty
of court to grant bail in certain cases Where a person
held in custody on a charge of an offence of which the person
has not been convicted appears or is brought before
a court empowered
by section 8 to
grant bail
to the person in
relation to that offence, the court shall, subject to
this Act,
grant bail
to that person
or enlarge or
vary bail
already granted to the person in relation to
that offence. 10 General powers as to bail
(1) The Supreme
Court or
a judge thereof
may, subject
to this Act, grant bail
to a person held in custody on a charge of an offence,
or in connection with
a criminal proceeding, or
enlarge, vary
or revoke bail
granted to
a person in
or in connection with
a criminal proceeding whether
or not the
person has
appeared before
the Supreme Court
in or in
connection therewith. Current as at
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enlargement of bail and other release [s 10A]
(2) Notwithstanding that a person has been
given in charge to the jury in connection with the person’s
trial commenced in the Supreme Court or the District Court
the trial judge may in the trial judge’s
discretion exercise
the powers conferred
on a court by section
8(1) to grant bail to that person or to enlarge,
vary
or revoke bail already granted to the person. (3)
A
decision as to bail made in accordance with subsection (2)
by a
trial judge shall be final and, notwithstanding this Act, a
defendant in respect of whom such decision
has been made shall not have the right to make a further
application for bail in relation to the custody in which
the defendant is then held. 10A No court fee
payable for making application to Supreme Court
No
fee is payable to an office of the Supreme Court for the
making of an application for bail to the
Supreme Court or a judge of the court. 10B
No
costs order (1) A court may not make any order
concerning costs in a bail proceeding. (2)
It
does not matter whether the bail proceeding started, or the
relevant offence
was committed, before
or after the
commencement of this section.
(3) In this section— bail
proceeding includes— (a)
an
application under this Act; and (b)
an application to
grant, enlarge,
vary or
revoke bail
under another Act; and (c)
an
appeal to the Court of Appeal from an order made on
an
application mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b). Page 14
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Conditions of release on bail
(1) A court or police officer authorised
by this Act to grant bail shall consider the conditions for the
release of a person on bail in the following
sequence— (a) the release
of the person
on the person’s
own undertaking without
sureties and
without deposit
of money or other security;
(b) the release
of the person
on the person’s
own undertaking with a deposit of money or
other security of stated value; (c)
the release of
the person on
the person’s own
undertaking with a surety or sureties of
stated value; (d) the release
of the person
on the person’s
own undertaking with a deposit of money or
other security of stated value and a surety or sureties of
stated value; but shall not
make the
conditions for
a grant of
bail more
onerous for the person than those that in
the opinion of the court or
police officer
are necessary having
regard to
the nature of the offence, the
circumstances of the defendant and the public
interest. (2) Where a
court or
a police officer
authorised by
this Act
to grant bail considers that the
imposition of special conditions is necessary to
secure that a person— (a) appears
in accordance with
the person’s bail
and surrenders into custody; or
(b) while released on bail does
not— (i) commit an offence; or
(ii) endanger the
safety or welfare of members of the public;
or (iii) interfere with
witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of
justice whether in relation to the person or another
person; Current as at [Not applicable]
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 11] Not
authorised —indicative
only Examples of special conditions for
paragraph (b)(ii)— • a special condition that prohibits a
person from associating with a stated person or a person of a
stated class • a special condition that prohibits a
person from entering or being in the vicinity of a stated
place or a place of a stated class
that
court or police officer shall impose such conditions as the
court or
police officer
thinks fit
for any or
all of such
purposes. (3)
Without limiting
subsection (2), a
special condition
may prohibit a person from doing, or
attempting to do, any of the following while
the person is released on bail— (a)
entering or
remaining in
stated licensed
premises or
a stated class of licensed
premises; (b) entering or
remaining in,
during stated
hours, a
stated area that is
designated by its distance from, or location in relation to,
the stated licensed premises or stated class of
licensed premises
mentioned in
a special condition
imposed under paragraph (a);
Examples of special conditions for paragraph
(b)— • a special condition that prohibits a
person from entering or remaining in, between the hours of
10p.m. and 6a.m., an area that
is within 10m
of stated licensed
premises mentioned in a
special condition imposed under paragraph (a)
• a special condition that prohibits a
person from entering or remaining in,
between the hours
of 11p.m. and
5a.m., a stated street,
or an area abutting several stated streets, that is
located near stated licensed premises
mentioned in a special condition imposed under paragraph
(a) • a special condition that prohibits a
person from entering or remaining in, between the hours of
11p.m. and 5a.m., the safe night precinct under the
Liquor Act 1992 in which
the stated licensed premises mentioned in a
special condition imposed under paragraph (a) are
located (c) attending or remaining at a stated
event, to be held in a public place,
at which liquor
will be
sold for
consumption. Page 16
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(4) A court or a police officer authorised
by this Act to grant bail for the release of a person must
consider the imposition of a special
condition mentioned in subsection (3) if— (a)
the
alleged offence to which the bail relates involved the
use, threatened use
or attempted use
of unlawful violence to
another person or property; and (b)
having regard to the evidence available to
the court or the police officer,
the court or
the police officer
is satisfied that
the alleged offence
was committed in
licensed premises or in a public place in
the vicinity of licensed premises. (4AA)
If
bail for a person is subject to a special condition
mentioned in subsection (3)— (a)
for bail that
is granted by
a police officer
at a police
station, watch-house or
police establishment (each
a relevant place
)—a police officer
may detain and
photograph the
person at
the relevant place
for the purposes of
the Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act 2000 , chapter 19,
part 5B; or (b) otherwise—the court
may impose a
condition that
requires the person to report to a police
station within 48 hours after bail is granted to be
photographed under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
chapter 19, part
5B. (4A) A court or a
police officer authorised by this Act to grant bail
for
the release of a person who is not an Australian citizen or
permanent resident must consider the
imposition of a special condition under subsection (2)—
(a) requiring the
person to
surrender the
person’s current
passport; and (b)
prohibiting the person from applying for a
passport. (5) Conditions imposed
pursuant to
subsection (2) shall
not be more onerous for
the person than those that in the opinion of the court or
police officer are necessary having regard to the
nature of the offence, the circumstances of
the defendant and the public interest. Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 11] Not
authorised —indicative
only (6) If a court that
grants bail on an adjournment of a hearing or while the
defendant is awaiting trial considers an investigation
ought to
be made into
the defendant’s physical
or mental condition, the
bail may be made subject to a condition that the
defendant undergo medical
examination— (a) by a doctor at a specified institution
or place other than a high security unit under the
Mental Health Act 2016 ; or
(b) by a specified doctor.
(7) However, bail
may be made
subject to
a condition that
the defendant undergo
a medical examination only
if the proposed
examination is an examination the defendant could
lawfully be required to undergo if the
defendant remained in custody. (8)
If
bail is subject to a condition mentioned in subsection (6),
the court must
arrange for
a statement containing the
following matters
to be given
to the institution, place
or doctor— (a)
the
reasons for the investigation; (b)
the
information before the court about the defendant’s
physical or mental condition.
(9) Without limiting a court’s power to
impose a condition on bail under another provision of this
section, a Magistrates Court may
impose on
the bail a
condition that
the defendant participate in a
rehabilitation, treatment or other intervention program or
course, after having regard to— (a)
the
nature of the offence; and (b) the
circumstances of
the defendant, including
any benefit the defendant may derive by
participating in the program or course; and
(c) the public interest.
Notes— 1
The
defendant does not commit an offence against section 29 by
breaking the condition. See section
29(2)(c). 2 Section 30 sets out the procedures for
varying the defendant’s bail if the condition
is broken or is likely to be broken. Page 18
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other release [s 11] (9A)
Section 11AB also
provides for
a condition requiring
completion of
a Drug and
Alcohol Assessment Referral
course that may be imposed on a person’s
release on bail in particular circumstances.
(9B) Without limiting
a court’s power to impose a condition on bail under another
provision of this section, a court may impose on
the
bail a condition that the defendant wear a tracking device
while the defendant is released on
bail. (9C) If
bail for
a person is
subject to
a condition mentioned
in subsection (9B), the court may impose
any other condition the court considers
necessary to
facilitate the
operation of
the tracking device. Examples of
conditions a court may consider necessary to facilitate the
operation of a tracking device required to
be worn by a defendant— • a condition that
requires the defendant to attend at a stated place to
be
fitted with the tracking device •
a
condition that requires the defendant to take stated and
other reasonable steps to ensure the tracking
device and any equipment necessary for the operation of the
tracking device are, or remain, in good working
order • a condition that requires the
defendant to permit a police officer to enter
stated premises
to install equipment
necessary for
the operation of the tracking
device • a condition that requires the
defendant to permit a police officer to take stated and
other reasonable steps to ensure the tracking device
and any equipment
necessary for
the operation of
the tracking device are, or
remain, in good working order •
a
condition that requires the defendant to comply with a
direction given by
a police officer
that is
reasonably necessary
for the operation of the
tracking device (10) In this
section— Australian citizen
see the Australian Citizenship Act
2007 (Cwlth), section
4. permanent resident means—
(a) the holder of a permanent visa within
the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth), section
30(1); or Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) a New
Zealand citizen
who is the
holder of
a special category visa
within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958
(Cwlth), section 32. tracking
device means an electronic device capable of
being worn, and
not removed, by
a person for
the purpose of
the Queensland police
service, or
the chief executive
of the department in
which the
Corrective Services
Act 2006 is
administered, finding or monitoring the
geographical location of the person. 11AA
Release of a person only after surrender of
passport (1) This section applies if a court or a
police officer authorised by this
Act to grant
bail imposes
a special condition
under section
11(2) requiring the
person to
surrender the
person’s current
passport. (2) If the condition is imposed by a
court, the court must order that
the person be
detained in
custody until
the passport is
surrendered. (3)
If
the condition is imposed by a police officer, the person
must be detained in custody until the passport is
surrendered. 11AB Condition requiring completion of DAAR
course (1) This section applies to a court
authorised by this Act to grant bail for the
release of a person. (2) If
the person consents
to completing a
DAAR course,
the court may impose a condition for the
person’s release that the person complete a DAAR course by a
stated day. Notes— 1
The person does
not commit an
offence against
section 29
by breaking the condition. See section
29(2)(c). 2 Section 30 sets out the procedures for
varying the person’s bail if the condition is
broken or is likely to be broken. (3)
In
deciding whether to impose the condition, the court must
have
regard to the following— Page 20 Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 11A] (a)
the nature of
the offence in
relation to
which bail
is proposed to be granted;
(b) the person’s
circumstances, including
any benefit the
person may derive by completing a DAAR
course; (c) the public interest.
(4) However, subsection (2) does not apply
if— (a) the person has completed 2 DAAR
courses within the previous 5 years; or (b)
the
person is under 18 years; or (c)
section 11A applies. (5)
This section
does not
limit the
conditions the
court may
impose under section 11. (6)
In
this section— approved provider
means an
entity approved
by the chief
executive (health) by gazette notice to
provide DAAR courses. chief executive
(health) means
the chief executive
of the department in
which the Health Act 1937 is
administered. DAAR stands for Drug
and Alcohol Assessment Referral. DAAR
course means
a course provided
to a person
by an approved
provider in which— (a) the person’s drug or alcohol use is
assessed; and (b) the person
is given information about
appropriate options for
treatment and may be offered counselling or education. 11A
Release of a person with an impairment of
the mind (1) This section applies if a police
officer or court authorised by this
Act or the
Youth Justice
Act 1992 to
grant bail
considers— (a)
a
person held in custody on a charge of or in connection
with
an offence is, or appears to be, a person with an
impairment of the mind; and
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(b) the person does not, or appears not
to, understand the nature and effect of entering into an
undertaking under section 20; and (c)
if
the person understood the nature and effect of entering
into
the undertaking, the person would be released on
bail. (2)
The
police officer or court may release the person without bail
by— (a) releasing the
person into the care of another person who ordinarily has
the care of the person or with whom the person resides;
or (b) permitting the person to go at
large. (3) A person’s release is on condition the
person will surrender, at the time and place stated in the
notice under section 11B, into the custody of
the court stated in the notice. (4)
If
the person surrenders into the custody of the court stated
in the notice, the
court may
release the
person again
under subsection
(2). (5) A court authorised by this Act or
the Youth Justice Act 1992 to
grant bail may revoke a release.
(6) A person’s release by a police officer
discharges any duty to take the person before a justice to be
dealt with according to law. (7)
In
this section— person with an impairment of the mind
means a person who has a disability
that— (a) is attributable to an intellectual,
psychiatric, cognitive or neurological impairment or a
combination of these; and (b) results
in— (i) a substantial reduction of the
person’s capacity for communication, social interaction or
learning; and (ii) the person
needing support. Page 22 Current as at
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other release [s 11B] 11B
Release notice (1)
This
section applies if a person is released under section 11A,
whether for the first time or because of
section 11A(4). (2) The police officer or court releasing
the person must give the person a notice in the approved form
stating— (a) the person’s name and place of
residence; and (b) the charge on which or the offence in
connection with which the person was in custody; and
(c) if the person is released into the
care of another person, the other person’s name and place of
residence; and (d) the court into whose custody the
person is required to surrender as a condition of release;
and (e) the time
and
place the person is
required to
surrender into the court’s
custody. (3) The notice must also include a warning
that a warrant will be issued for the person’s arrest if the
person fails to surrender into the court’s custody at the time
and place stated. (4) If the person is released into the
care of another person, the police officer
or court must also give the other person a copy of the
notice. 12 Restriction on publication of
information, evidence and the like given in bail
application (1) Where the complainant or prosecutor or
a person appearing on behalf of the Crown opposes a
defendant’s release under this part or
the Youth Justice
Act 1992 , part 5, the
court, at any time during the hearing of the application
for bail, may make an order directing
that the
evidence taken,
the information furnished, the
representations made by or on behalf of either party or the
reasons given by the court for the grant or refusal
of
bail or release under section 11A or any part thereof or any
of
them shall not be published by any means— Current as at
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(a) if an
examination of
witnesses in
relation to
an indictable offence
is held—before the
defendant is
discharged; or (b)
if
the defendant is tried or committed for trial—before
the
trial is ended. (2) A person who fails without lawful
excuse, the proof of which lies upon
the person, to
comply with
an order made
under subsection (1)
commits an offence against this Act. Maximum
penalty—10 penalty
units or
imprisonment for
6 months. 13
When
only particular courts may grant bail (1)
Only
the Supreme Court or a judge of the Supreme Court may
grant bail
to a person
charged with
an offence under
the Criminal Code
if, on conviction, the
sentencing court
will have to decide
which of the following sentences to impose on the
person— (a) imprisonment for
life, which
cannot be
mitigated or
varied under the Criminal Code or any other
law; (b) an indefinite sentence under
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
part 10. (2) Only a court may grant bail to a
person who— (a) has previously been convicted of a
terrorism offence; or (b) is or has been
the subject of a Commonwealth control order.
(3) For subsection (2)—
convicted , of an offence,
means found guilty of the offence by a
court, on
a plea of
guilty or
otherwise, whether
or not a
conviction is recorded. court
does
not include a justice or justices. Page 24
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 14] Not
authorised —indicative only
14 Release of persons apprehended on
making deposit of money as security for appearance
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person,
who has been
arrested in
connection with
a charge of an offence, other than an
indictable offence or an offence mentioned in the schedule,
is delivered into the custody of a police officer who
is— (i) the officer-in-charge of a
police station
or police establishment;
or (ii) a watch-house
manager; and (b) the person
has not first
appeared before
a justice in
relation to the offence; and
(c) the police officer is satisfied the
person can not be taken promptly before a court.
(1A) If the police
officer considers it appropriate, the police officer
may grant bail
to the person
and release the
person from
custody on the person making a deposit of
money as security for the person’s appearance before a court
on the day and at the time and place notified to the person
under this section. Notes— 1
See
also section 13 for when only particular courts may grant a
person bail. 2
See
also section 16 for when a police officer must refuse to
grant bail. (1B)
If either of
the following happens,
the police officer
may release the person without
bail— (a) a person charged with being drunk in a
public place is released into
the care of
a person at
a place of
safety under the
Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 , section 378; (b)
a
person charged with a minor drugs offence within the
meaning of the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000 ,
schedule 6 signs
an agreement to
attend a
drug diversion
assessment program under section 379 of that Act.
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 14] Not
authorised —indicative
only (2) The
police officer
who accepts a
deposit of
money from
a person and grants bail to the person
under subsection (1A) or the Youth Justice
Act 1992 , part 5— (a)
shall cause a bench charge sheet to be
completed with the following particulars and
kept at
the police establishment or
watch-house— (i) the name, place of residence and
occupation of the person; (ii)
a
short statement of the offence; (iii)
the
amount of the deposit of money; (iv)
the
day, time and place appointed for the person’s appearance
before the court or justice and the court or
justice before
which or
whom the
person is
required to appear; and (b)
must
give the person a notice in the approved form that
includes the particulars required under a
regulation. (3) The police
officer who
accepts a
deposit of
money from
a person and grants bail to the person
at a place other than a place for holding Magistrates Courts
and thereupon releases the person from custody shall cause
the bench charge sheet referred to in subsection (2)(a) to be
forwarded to the clerk of the court at the place where that
person is required to appear. (4)
Without limiting subsection (3), the bench
charge sheet may be forwarded by electronic
communication. (5) Where a
person granted
bail and
released from
custody pursuant to this
section fails to appear before a court or justice
in
accordance with the bail, the court or justice shall,
subject to subsections (7) and (9), order the
forfeiture of the deposit of money made by
the person in connection with the bail. Note—
If
an order is made under this subsection, an order may also be
made under the Justices
Act 1886 , section 150A
to end the complaint in relation to the matter for which the
person was granted bail. (6) Where
a person granted
bail and
released from
custody pursuant
to this section
appears before
a court or
justice in
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other release [s 14] Not
authorised —indicative only
accordance with the bail, the court or
justice shall order that the amount
of the deposit
of money paid
by the person
be refunded to the person unless the
court or justice orders that the amount or a
part thereof be applied in or towards payment of any penalty
or costs imposed or awarded or unless, where the hearing is
adjourned and the person is permitted to go at large without
bail, the court or justice orders that the amount
or a part
thereof be
applied as
security for
the person’s appearance at
the time and
place to
which the
hearing is
adjourned or to be determined (which the
court or justice is hereby empowered to do) whereupon, in the
latter case, if the person fails
to appear at
the time and
place to
which the
hearing is adjourned or that has been
determined the court or justice shall
deal with
the deposit of
money in
accordance with subsection
(5) and that subsection shall apply and extend accordingly. (7)
Where a
person granted
bail and
released from
custody pursuant to this
section does not appear in accordance with the bail but the
person’s lawyer applies to the court or justice for
an
adjournment of the hearing and the court or justice grants
the
adjournment, the court or justice may, in lieu of ordering
the
amount of the deposit of money to be forfeited, order that
the amount or
a part thereof
be applied as
security for
the person’s appearance at the time and
place to which the hearing is adjourned or to be determined or
permit the person to go at large without bail.
(7A) If the person
fails to appear at the time and place appointed or
determined for the continuation of the
hearing in accordance with the bail the court or justice
shall deal with the deposit of money in
accordance with subsection (5) and that subsection
shall apply and extend accordingly.
(8) Subsections (6) to (7A) apply in
relation to the proceedings before a court
or justice at all times and places to which the hearing is, from
time to time, adjourned. (9) Where
a person has
been granted
bail and
released thereon
after making a deposit of money as security
for the person’s appearance and
the hearing is
adjourned pursuant
to subsection (7) to a time and place to
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person does not appear at the time and place
so determined, steps shall not be taken to forfeit such
deposit of money unless the court or justice is satisfied that
reasonable notice of the time and place so determined has been
given to the person. (10) This section
does not prejudice or in any way affect— (a)
the powers of
a court or
justice with
respect to
adjournments or the issue of warrants of
apprehension; or (b) the operation of
any Act relating to the forfeiture of bail. 14A
Magistrates Courts may grant cash bail or
permit to go at large (1)
Where a Magistrates Court adjourns the
hearing of a charge of an offence
other than
an indictable offence
or an offence
specified in
the schedule, the
court (whether
or not the
defendant is already on bail) may—
(a) grant bail to the defendant and, in
lieu of ordering the defendant to
enter into
an undertaking, order
that the
defendant be released from custody on making
a deposit of money with the clerk of the court as
security that the defendant will surrender into custody;
or (b) permit the defendant to go at large
without bail on the condition that the defendant will surrender
into custody. Notes— 1
See
also sections 16 and 16A for when a court must refuse to
grant bail. 2
See
also the Youth Justice Act 1992, sections 48 and 48A for
when a child must not be released from
custody. (1A) However, the
Magistrates Court must not permit the defendant to go at large
without bail under subsection (1)(b) if bail must
be
refused under section 16A. Note— See also the
Youth Justice Act 1992, sections 48 and 48A for when a
child must not be released from
custody. (2) Where— Page 28
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authorised —indicative only
(a) a person accepts a deposit of money
from a defendant pursuant to subsection (1)(a), that person;
or (b) a Magistrates Court permits a
defendant to go at large pursuant to subsection (1)(b), the
clerk of the court; must give
the defendant a
notice in
the approved form
that includes the
particulars required under a regulation. (3)
Where a defendant granted bail pursuant to
this section and released from custody fails to surrender
into custody, the court shall, subject to subsections (5) and
(7), order the forfeiture of the
deposit of
money made
by the defendant
in connection with the
bail. (4) Where a defendant granted bail
pursuant to this section and released from
custody surrenders into custody, the court shall
order that
the amount of
the deposit of
money paid
by the defendant be
refunded to the defendant unless— (a)
it
orders that the amount or a part thereof be applied in
or
towards payment of any penalty or costs imposed or
awarded; or (b)
where the
hearing is
adjourned and
the defendant is
permitted to
go at large
without bail,
the court orders
that
the amount or a part thereof be applied as security
that
the defendant will surrender into custody. (4A)
In
the case specified in subsection (4)(b), if the defendant
fails to surrender into custody the court shall
deal with the deposit of money
in accordance with
subsection (3) and
that subsection shall
apply and extend accordingly. (5)
Where a defendant granted bail pursuant to
this section and released from custody fails to surrender
into custody but the defendant’s lawyer applies to the
court for an adjournment of the
hearing and
the court grants
the adjournment, the
court may—
(a) in lieu of ordering the amount of the
deposit of money to be forfeited, order that the amount or a
part thereof be applied as security that the defendant will
surrender into custody; or Current as at
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enlargement of bail and other release [s 15]
(b) permit the defendant to go at large
without bail on the condition that the defendant will surrender
into custody. (5A) Where
an order is
made under
subsection (5)(a) and
the defendant fails to surrender into
custody the court shall deal with the deposit
of money in accordance with subsection (3) and that
subsection shall apply and extend accordingly. (6)
Subsections (4) to
(5A) apply
in relation to
proceedings before a
Magistrates Court at all times and places to which the
hearing is adjourned. (7)
Where a defendant has been granted bail and
released thereon after making a deposit of money as security
that the defendant will surrender
into custody
and the hearing
is adjourned pursuant
to subsection (5) to
a time and
place to
be determined and the defendant fails to
surrender into custody the court
shall not
make an
order forfeiting the
deposit of
money unless it is satisfied that reasonable
notice of the time and place so determined has been given to
the defendant. 15 Procedure upon application for
bail (1) In a proceeding about the release of a
person under this part or the Youth Justice
Act 1992 , part 5— (a)
the court may,
subject to
paragraph (b),
make such
investigations on
oath or
otherwise of
and concerning the defendant as
the court thinks fit; and (b) the defendant
shall not be examined or cross-examined by the court or
any other person as to the offence with which the
defendant is charged and no inquiry shall be made of the
defendant as to that offence; and (c)
the
complainant or prosecutor or any person appearing
on
behalf of the Crown may submit, in addition to other
relevant evidence, evidence by affidavit or
otherwise— (i) to prove that the defendant—
(A) has been
convicted previously of
an indictable offence; and
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 15] Not
authorised —indicative only
(B) has been charged with and is awaiting
trial on an indictable offence; and
(C) has failed previously to appear in
accordance with the
defendant’s undertaking and
surrender into custody; or
(ii) to
show the
circumstances of
the offence particularly as
they relate
to the probability of
conviction of the defendant; and
(d) the court
shall take
into consideration such
relevant matters
as are agreed
upon by
the complainant or
prosecutor and the defendant or the
defendant’s lawyer; and (e) the court may
receive and take into account evidence of any kind that it
considers credible or trustworthy in the circumstances;
and (f) if the defendant is an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander person—the court may receive and take
into account any submissions made by a representative of the
community justice group in the defendant’s community,
including, for example, about— (i)
the defendant’s relationship to
the defendant’s community;
or (ii) any cultural
considerations; or (iii) any
considerations relating
to programs and
services in
which the
community justice
group participates. (2)
If
required by a court for subsection (1)(f), a representative
of the community justice
group in
the defendant’s community
must
advise the court whether— (a) any
member of
the community justice
group that
is responsible for
the submission is
related to
the defendant or the victim; or
(b) there are any circumstances that give
rise to a conflict of interest between any member of the
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 15A] group
that is
responsible for
the submission and
the defendant or victim.
Not authorised —indicative
only 15A Conduct of
proceeding by Magistrates Court outside district or
division (1) This section applies if—
(a) a Magistrates Court (the
original court ) has
jurisdiction under this Act or another Act to hear a bail
proceeding; and (b) a
practice direction
made by
the Chief Magistrate provides
for a bail
proceeding to
be heard by
an alternative court under this
section. (2) The bail
proceeding may
be heard by
the alternative court
under an
Act mentioned in
subsection (1)(a) as
if the alternative
court— (a) had jurisdiction to hear the bail
proceeding; and (b) were the original court for the
purpose of that Act. (3) In hearing the
bail proceeding, the alternative court may make any order for
the disposition of the charge the court considers
necessary. (4)
In
this section— alternative court means a
Magistrates Court for a district or division
outside the
district or
division in
which the
bail proceeding would
otherwise be required to be heard. 16
Refusal of bail generally
(1) Notwithstanding this Act, a court or
police officer authorised by this
Act to grant
bail shall
refuse to
grant bail
to a defendant if the
court or police officer is satisfied— (a)
that
there is an unacceptable risk that the defendant if
released on bail— (i)
would fail to appear and surrender into
custody; or Page 32 Current as at
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other release [s 16] Not
authorised —indicative only
(ii) would while
released on bail— (A) commit an offence; or
(B) endanger the
safety or
welfare of
a person who is claimed
to be a victim of the offence with
which the
defendant is
charged or
anyone else’s safety or welfare; or
(C) interfere with
witnesses or
otherwise obstruct the
course of justice, whether for the defendant or
anyone else; or (b) that the
defendant should
remain in
custody for
the defendant’s own protection.
(1A) Where
it has not
been practicable to
obtain sufficient information for
the purpose of
making a
decision in
connection with any matter specified in
subsection (1) due to lack of
time since
the institution of
proceedings against
a defendant the court before which the
defendant appears or is brought shall remand the defendant in
custody with a view to having further information obtained
for that purpose. (2) In assessing whether there is an
unacceptable risk with respect to any event
specified in subsection (1)(a) the court or police
officer shall have regard to all matters
appearing to be relevant and in particular, without in any way
limiting the generality of this provision, to
such of
the following considerations as
appear to be relevant— (a)
the
nature and seriousness of the offence; (b)
the character, antecedents, associations, home
environment, employment and
background of
the defendant; (c)
the history of
any previous grants
of bail to
the defendant; (d)
the
strength of the evidence against the defendant; (e)
if
the defendant is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
person—any submissions made
by a representative of
the community justice
group in
the defendant’s community,
including, for example, about— Current as at
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Bail
Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 16] Not
authorised —indicative
only (i) the
defendant’s relationship to
the defendant’s community;
or (ii) any cultural
considerations; or (iii) any
considerations relating
to programs and
services in
which the
community justice
group participates; (f)
if the defendant
is charged with
a domestic violence
offence or an offence against the
Domestic and Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , section 177(2)—the risk
of further domestic
violence or
associated domestic
violence, under
the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , being
committed by the defendant; Note—
See
section 15(1)(e) for the power of a court to receive and
take into account evidence relating to the risk
of further domestic violence or associated domestic
violence. (g) any promotion by the defendant of
terrorism; (h) any association the defendant has or
has had with— (i) a terrorist organisation within the
meaning of the Criminal Code (Cwlth), section 102.1(1);
or (ii) a person who has
promoted terrorism. (2A) However, in
assessing whether there is an unacceptable risk with respect to
any event specified in subsection (1)(a) a court
must
not have regard to the effect on the risk of imposing a
condition under section 11(9B).
(2B) For
subsection (2)(g)
and (h)(ii), a
person has
promoted terrorism if the
person has— (a) carried out an activity to support the
carrying out of a terrorist act; or (b)
made a
statement in
support of
the carrying out
of a terrorist act;
or (c) carried out an activity, or made a
statement, to advocate the carrying
out of a
terrorist act
or support for
the carrying out of a terrorist
act. Page 34 Current as at
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other release [s 16] Not
authorised —indicative only
(2C) To
remove any
doubt, it
is declared that
a reference in
subsection (2B) to a terrorist act—
(a) includes a terrorist act that has not
happened; and (b) is not limited to a specific terrorist
act. (3) Where the defendant is charged—
(a) with an indictable offence that is
alleged to have been committed while
the defendant was
at large with
or without bail
between the
date of
the defendant’s apprehension and
the date of the defendant’s committal for
trial or
while awaiting
trial for
another indictable offence;
or (b) with an offence to which section 13(1)
applies; or (c) with an indictable offence in the
course of committing which the
defendant is
alleged to
have used
or threatened to
use a firearm,
offensive weapon
or explosive substance; or
(d) with an offence against this Act;
or Note— For
this paragraph, a
person proceeded
against under
section 33(3) is taken to be charged with an
offence against this Act—see section 33(6).
(e) with an offence against the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161ZI
or the Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982
,
section 32; or (f) with an offence against the Criminal
Code, section 359 with a
circumstance of
aggravation mentioned
in section 359(2); or (g)
with
a relevant offence; the court or police officer shall refuse to
grant bail unless the defendant shows
cause why
the defendant’s detention
in custody is not justified and, if bail
is granted or the defendant is
released under
section 11A, must
include in
the order a
statement of
the reasons for
granting bail
or releasing the
defendant. Current as at
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Bail
Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 16] Not
authorised —indicative
only Note— See also section
16A(6). (4) In granting bail in accordance with
subsection (3)— (a) a court
may impose conditions under
section 11
or 11AB; or (b)
a
police officer may impose conditions under section 11.
(5) This section does not apply if the
defendant is a child. (6) If required by a
court or police officer for subsection (2)(e), a
representative of
the community justice
group in
the defendant’s community must advise the
court or police officer whether— (a)
any member of
the community justice
group that
is responsible for
the submission is
related to
the defendant or the victim; or
(b) there are any circumstances that give
rise to a conflict of interest between any member of the
community justice group that
is responsible for
the submission and
the defendant or victim.
(7) In this section— domestic
violence offence see the Criminal Code, section 1.
relevant offence means—
(a) an offence against the Criminal Code,
section 315A; or (b) an offence punishable by a maximum
penalty of at least 7 years imprisonment if the offence is also
a domestic violence offence; or (c)
an
offence against the Criminal Code, section 75, 328A,
355, 359E
or 468 if
the offence is
also a
domestic violence
offence; or (d) an offence
against the
Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , section 177(2)
if— (i) the offence
involved the
use, threatened use
or attempted use
of unlawful violence
to person or
property; or Page 36
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 16A] (ii)
the defendant, within
5 years before
the commission of
the offence, was
convicted of
another offence involving the use,
threatened use or attempted use of unlawful violence to
person or property; or (iii)
the defendant, within
2 years before
the commission of
the offence, was
convicted of
another offence against the
Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , section 177(2). 16A
Refusal of bail for defendants convicted of
terrorism offences or subject to Commonwealth control
orders (1) This section applies in relation to a
defendant if— (a) the defendant— (i)
has previously been
convicted of
a terrorism offence;
or (ii) is
or has been
the subject of
a Commonwealth control order;
and (b) the defendant is an adult.
(2) Despite any other provision of this
Act, a court must refuse to grant
bail to
the defendant unless
the court is
satisfied exceptional
circumstances exist to justify granting bail. (3)
In considering whether
exceptional circumstances exist
to justify granting
bail to
the defendant, the
court may
have regard to any
relevant matter. (4) If the
court grants
bail to
the defendant, the
order granting
bail
must state the reasons for the decision. (5)
This
section does not affect the operation of section 16(1).
(6) If the
defendant is
charged with
an offence mentioned
in section 16(3)(a)
to (g), section
16(3) does
not apply in
relation to the defendant.
(7) In this section— Current as at
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Bail
Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and other
release [s 17] convicted
, of
an offence, means found guilty of the offence by
a court, on
a plea of
guilty or
otherwise, whether
or not a
conviction is recorded. Not
authorised —indicative
only 17 Enlargement of
undertaking (1) An undertaking may,
with the
consent of
any person or
persons offering to be surety or sureties,
contain a provision for its enlargement without the further
consent of the surety or sureties upon such adjournments of the
criminal proceeding as are from time to time directed.
(1A) Subsection
(1) does not
prejudice in
any way the
right of
a person offering to be surety to elect
to be bound with respect to an undertaking that may be enlarged
only with the person’s consent given
at the time
of the enlargement and
the court shall not refuse
to grant bail to a person by reason only that a person offering
to be surety has so elected. (2)
Where a
criminal proceeding is
adjourned, the
court may
enlarge the undertaking of the defendant if
the defendant is then on bail and, where there is a surety or
are sureties to the undertaking, the court shall, unless the
undertaking otherwise provides, obtain the consent of the
surety or sureties to such enlargement and
thereupon the
defendant shall
be bound to
attend the court at the time and place or
sittings to which the criminal proceeding has been adjourned
and be bound by all other conditions imposed by the original
undertaking without entering into
a fresh undertaking and
the surety or
sureties shall be bound
accordingly. (3) An enlargement pursuant
to subsection (2) may
include a
condition that the defendant surrender into
custody at the date, time and place fixed for the trial or
appeal. (4) Notwithstanding subsection
(2), the court may
make such
order as to bail and as to the commitment of
the defendant to prison until bail is forthcoming as the
court thinks fit. (5) An undertaking may be enlarged
pursuant to subsection (2) if any
condition of
the undertaking remains
to be fulfilled
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Bail
Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 18] notwithstanding that
the defendant has
surrendered into
custody in compliance with the
undertaking. (6) An endorsement on the papers relating
to the defendant to the effect that the defendant’s
undertaking has been enlarged in accordance with
subsection (2) and
specifying the
time and
place or sittings at which the defendant is
bound to attend the court and
purporting to
be signed by
the judge or
justices constituting the
court or
the proper officer
thereof shall
be evidence and,
in the absence
of evidence to
the contrary, conclusive
evidence that the bail was so enlarged. (7)
Also, any
record of
an order of
the court relating
to the defendant,
whether or not the record is signed, is evidence that
the
defendant’s bail was enlarged if— (a)
an indictment relating
to the defendant
has been presented to the
court; and (b) the record is to the effect
that— (i) the defendant’s undertaking has
been enlarged
under subsection (2); and
(ii) the defendant’s
trial has been adjourned to a later sittings of a
court to be held at a particular place. 18
Endorsement of decision as to bail or
release on papers and warrant A court that
grants or refuses bail to a defendant or releases a
defendant under
section 11A shall
endorse or
cause to
be endorsed on the papers relating to the
defendant and on the warrant of
remand, committal
or, as the
case may
be, commitment (if any) its decision as to
bail or release and the court or the proper officer thereof
shall certify— (a) where bail is granted—
(i) consent to the defendant’s release on
bail; and (ii) the amount of
money or other security (if any) to be deposited;
and Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Bail Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and
enlargement of bail and other release [s 19]
(iii) the amount of
any surety or sureties to be required; and
(iv) the
special conditions (if
any) applicable to
the defendant’s release on bail; or
(b) where the defendant is released under
section 11A— (i) consent to the defendant’s release
without bail; and (ii) whether the
defendant is released into the care of another person
or permitted to go at large; and (iii)
if
the defendant is released into the care of another
person, the person’s name; and
(iv) the
court into
whose custody
the defendant is
required to surrender as a condition of
release; and (v) the time
and place the
defendant is
required to
surrender into the court’s custody;
or (c) where bail is refused—
(i) the refusal of bail; and
(ii) the grounds for
such refusal. 19 Application re refusal or conditions
of bail (1) A defendant held in custody in
relation to an offence who has been refused
bail or having been granted bail feels aggrieved
by the amount
fixed or
any condition imposed
for the defendant’s
release from custody may make application to a court empowered
by section 8 to grant bail to the defendant for an order
granting or varying bail. (2) On the hearing
of the application, the court may, subject to this
Act, grant
bail to
the defendant, vary
the bail already
granted or refuse the application.
19A Consideration of unrecorded
convictions (1) This section applies to a person in
custody in connection with a charge of an offence if the person
has previously been found Page 40 Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 19B] guilty
of an offence,
as a child,
without a
conviction being
recorded. (2)
A court or
police officer
deciding whether
to release the
person or keep the person in custody may
have regard to the finding. Not
authorised —indicative only
19B Review of particular decisions
(1) This section does not apply to the
following decisions about release under this part—
(a) a decision by the Supreme
Court; (b) a decision under section 10(2);
(c) a decision by a magistrate acting as a
reviewing court under this section. (2)
If a
decision has been made about release under this part or
the Youth Justice
Act 1992 ,
part 5,
for a defendant, the
defendant, complainant or
prosecutor or
a person appearing
on
behalf of the Crown may apply to the reviewing court for a
review of the decision. (3)
The
reviewing court is— (a) for a decision by a police officer or
justice who is not a magistrate—a Magistrates Court
constituted by
a magistrate; or (b)
for
any other decision—the Supreme Court constituted
by a
single judge. (4) A complainant, prosecutor or a person
appearing on behalf of the Crown
who makes an
application under
subsection (2) must take
reasonable steps to inform the defendant of the time
and
place for the hearing of the application. (5)
The
hearing may proceed in the defendant’s absence, if the
reviewing court is satisfied the steps were
taken. (6) On the
review, additional or
substitute evidence
or information may be given and the
reviewing court may make any order it considers
appropriate. Current as at [Not applicable]
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41
Not authorised —indicative
only Bail Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and
enlargement of bail and other release [s 19C]
(7) However, the orders that may be made
under subsection (6) are limited
by sections 13,
16, 16A and
17(1A) and,
if the defendant is a
child, the Youth Justice Act 1992, sections 48 and 48A.
(8) The person or court that made the
decision under review must give the
reviewing court
any documents in
the person’s or
court’s possession that may be relevant to
the review. (9) The reviewing
court must
decide an
application under
this section as soon
as is reasonably practicable. 19C
Review by Supreme Court of magistrate’s
decision on a review (1)
If a
decision is made by a magistrate on a review of a decision
about release under this part or the
Youth Justice
Act 1992 ,
part
5, the defendant, complainant or prosecutor or a person
appearing on behalf of the Crown may apply
to the Supreme Court as
constituted by
a single judge
for a review
of the magistrate’s
decision. (2) A complainant, prosecutor or a person
appearing on behalf of the Crown
who makes an
application under
subsection (1) must take
reasonable steps to inform the defendant of the time
and
place for the hearing of the application. (3)
The
hearing may proceed in the defendant’s absence, if the
reviewing court is satisfied the steps were
taken. (4) The decision may be reviewed only with
the court’s leave. (5) On the
review, additional or
substitute evidence
or information may be given and the court
may make any order it considers appropriate.
(6) However, the orders that may be made
under subsection (5) are limited
by sections 16,
16A and 17(1A)
and, if
the defendant is a child, the Youth
Justice Act 1992, sections 48 and 48A.
Page
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Act 1980 Part 2 Grant and enlargement of bail and
other release [s 19CA] 19CA
Stay
of release decision relating to relevant domestic
violence offence (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a decision has been made about release
under this part or the Youth
Justice Act
1992 ,
part 5,
for a defendant
charged with a relevant domestic violence
offence; and (b) the prosecutor or
other person
appearing on
behalf of
the
Crown applies to the reviewing court for a review of
the
decision. (2) The decision
about release
is stayed until
the earlier of
the following— (a)
the reviewing court
makes an
order under
section 19B(6) or
19C(5); (b) the application for
the review of
the decision is
discontinued; (c)
4p.m. on the day that is 3 business days
after the day on which the decision about release was
made. (3) A decision
about release
does not
entitle a
person to
be at liberty while
the decision is stayed. 19D Warrants in aid
of orders under section 19B or 19C or stay under
section 19CA (1) A reviewing court that makes an order
under section 19B or 19C may, for the purpose of giving
effect to the order, issue a warrant for the
apprehension of the defendant directing that the defendant be
brought before a stated court. (2)
Also, a reviewing court may, for giving
effect to a stay under section 19CA,
issue a
warrant for
the apprehension of
the defendant directing
that the
defendant be
brought before
a stated court. Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 3 Undertakings and sureties
[s
19E] 19E Review provisions do not affect other
powers Sections 19B to 19D do not affect a power of
the Supreme Court under section 10, or any other power
of a court to grant, enlarge, vary or revoke bail under
other provisions of this or any other
Act. Not authorised —indicative
only Part 3 Undertakings and
sureties 20 Undertaking as to bail
(1) A defendant to whom bail is granted in
or in connection with a criminal proceeding (other than a
defendant to whom bail is granted under section 14 or 14A)
shall, before being released from custody,
enter into an undertaking in the approved form. (2)
A
defendant— (a) who is committed for trial; or
(b) who has
been convicted
and has appealed
against the
conviction or sentence imposed
thereon; and to whom bail is granted shall provide
and the undertaking shall contain
the defendant’s residential address
and an address for
service of notices. (2A) For
subsection (2), the
defendant’s address
for service of
notices may
be the same
as the defendant’s residential address.
(3) In the
case of
bail granted
to a defendant
requiring the
defendant’s appearance before a Magistrates
Court, Childrens Court or, as the case may be, any justice or
justices conducting an examination of
witnesses in
relation to
an indictable offence the
undertaking shall be subject to— (a)
the
following conditions— (i) that the
defendant must surrender into custody as required;
(ii) that the
defendant must not depart from the court unless the bail
is enlarged; Page 44 Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 3 Undertakings and sureties
[s
20] Not authorised —indicative only
(iii) whether
or not the
defendant is
represented, that
the
defendant must obey the directions of the court in relation to
any further appearance, whether the directions are
given to the defendant personally or to the
defendant’s lawyer; and (b) such further
conditions— (i) as are imposed under section 11(2),
(3), (6) or (9) or 11AB or the Youth Justice
Act 1992 , section 52; and
(ii) as the court
thinks fit to impose. (3AA) Despite
subsection (3), the defendant need not surrender into
custody or appear personally if the
defendant is represented by the defendant’s lawyer
unless— (a) the court directs otherwise; or
(b) a charge is being heard and
determined, an examination of a
witness is
being conducted
or a penalty
is being imposed.
(3A) In
the case of
bail granted
to a defendant
following the
defendant’s committal
for trial the
undertaking shall
be subject to— (a)
conditions that the defendant—
(i) shall appear or be represented by the
defendant’s lawyer before the court to which the
defendant is committed for
trial at
the time stated
in, and in
accordance with,
the notice given
pursuant to
section 27; and (ii)
if the notice
states that
it is intended
to ask the
court to proceed with the trial at the time
stated in the notice—shall surrender
into custody
and not depart from the
court unless the bail is enlarged; and
(iii) shall
obey the
directions of
the court, whether
given to
the defendant personally or
to the defendant’s lawyer,
with respect
to any further
appearance and,
if directed to
appear personally, Current as at
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[s
20] Not authorised —indicative
only shall surrender
into custody
and not depart
from the court unless
the bail is enlarged; and (iv) shall notify the
director of public prosecutions or, as
the case may
be, deputy director
of public prosecutions in
writing forthwith of any change of address for
service of notices or residential address other
than that
arising from
the defendant’s surrender into
custody; and (b) such further conditions—
(i) as are imposed under section 11(2),
(3), (6) or (9) or 11AB or the Youth Justice
Act 1992 , section 52; and
(ii) as the court
thinks fit to impose. (3B) In the case of
bail granted to a defendant under section 13(1) at
a time prior
to the commencement of
or during the
examination of witnesses in relation to the
indictable offence in respect of which the defendant has been
so granted bail the undertaking may
be subject to
the condition that
if the defendant is
committed for trial the bail shall be enlarged, in
which case the undertaking shall be subject
to the conditions set out in subsection (3A)(a).
(3C) In the case of
bail granted to a defendant in circumstances not
provided for in subsection (3), (3A) or (3B)
the undertaking shall be subject to— (a)
the condition that
the defendant notify
the director of
public prosecutions or,
as the case
may be, deputy
director of
public prosecutions in
writing forthwith
of any change
of address for
service of
notices or
residential address
other than
that arising
from the
defendant’s surrender into custody;
and (b) such further
conditions as
are imposed by
the court granting
bail. (3D) In the case of
bail granted to a defendant subject to a passport
surrender condition, the undertaking must
include a statement that the
defendant has
surrendered the
defendant’s current
passport. Page 46
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[s
20] Not authorised —indicative only
(4) A defendant who is taken into custody
upon charges for 2 or more offences and who has been granted
bail may be released from custody
upon entering,
together with
the defendant’s surety
or sureties (if
any) into
1 undertaking for
the defendant’s appearance at a specified
court, time and place or sittings upon all or any 2 or more of
the charges. (5) The justice,
police officer,
chief executive
(corrective services) or his
or her delegate, or officer of the department in
which the Youth Justice
Act 1992 is administered authorised
by subsection (6) before
whom a
defendant and
the defendant’s surety or sureties (if
any) sign an undertaking— (a) shall satisfy
himself or herself that the defendant and the surety or
sureties understand the nature and extent of the
obligations of the defendant under the
conditions of the bail and the consequences of the defendant’s
failure to comply with them; and (b)
shall give to the defendant and the
defendant’s surety or sureties a
notice of
the undertaking in
the approved form.
(6) An undertaking in respect of which the
conditions have been fixed may be entered into
before— (a) a justice; or (b)
a police officer
authorised by
this Act
or the Youth
Justice Act 1992 to grant bail;
or (c) where a party to the
undertaking— (i) is in
prison, the
chief executive
(corrective services) or his
or her delegate; or (ii) is a child
detained in a place established under the Youth
Justice Act
1992 ,
part 8—a
person for
the time being in charge of the
place. (7) A person
referred to
in subsection (6) before
whom an
undertaking is entered into shall, forthwith
after it is entered into, forward the undertaking to the proper
officer of the court that granted the bail referred to in
the undertaking. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Undertakings and sureties [s 21] (8)
A
reference in subsection (3)(a)(iii) and
(3AA) to a lawyer, for
the mention of
a matter in
a Magistrates Court
or the Childrens
Court relating
to a defendant
released on
bail in
which there is no issue about the bail,
includes a person who is undertaking practical legal
training. (9) For subsection
(8), there is
no issue about
bail if
the complainant or prosecutor or person
appearing on behalf of the Crown does not oppose the
defendant continuing on bail and there is no
application to vary, as opposed to enlarge, bail.
(10) In this
section— passport surrender
condition ,
for a defendant, means
a special condition
under section
11(2) that
includes a
requirement that
the defendant surrender
the defendant’s current
passport. practical legal training means practical
legal training under the supervision of
a lawyer under
rules made
under the
Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
,
section 85(1)(b). 21 Sureties (1)
Every surety to an undertaking must be a
person who— (a) has attained the age of 18 years;
and (b) has not been convicted of an
indictable offence; and (c) is not—
(i) an involuntary patient under
the Mental Health Act 2016
who is, or
is liable to
be, detained in
an authorised mental health service under
that Act; or (ii) a
forensic disability client
within the
meaning of
the Forensic Disability Act 2011
;
or (iii) a person for
whom a guardian or administrator has been
appointed under
the Guardianship and
Administration Act 2000 ; and
(d) is not an insolvent under
administration; and (e) has not been, and is not likely to be,
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21] Not authorised —indicative only
(f) is worth
not less than
the amount of
bail in
real or
personal property. (2)
A
person who enters into an undertaking as a surety becomes
bound, upon its forfeiture, to pay to Her
Majesty the sum of money set forth in the undertaking with
respect to that surety. (3) Where
a defendant is
required to
provide any
surety or
sureties, regard shall be had in considering
the suitability of a person as a surety, in addition to
other relevant matters, to the following— (a)
the
person’s financial resources; (b)
the
person’s character and antecedents; (c)
the person’s proximity
to the defendant
(whether by
kinship, place of residence or
otherwise). (4) Before accepting a person as a surety,
a justice shall satisfy himself or
herself as
to the sufficiency of
the means of
the person and shall require that person
to make before the justice an affidavit of justification in the
approved form. (5) A justice before whom an affidavit of
justification is sworn shall ask the proposed surety all
questions that are required by any Act or law
to be asked in the circumstances or that appear to the justice
to be necessary. (6) A surety,
in order to
satisfy the
sufficiency of
his or her
means, may deposit in the office of the
proper officer of the court that granted bail to the
defendant or of some other court or with the
chief executive (corrective services) the amount of
his or her
surety in
money and
where the
undertaking is
subsequently forfeited, the
court shall
apply the
amount so
deposited towards satisfaction of the
surety’s obligation with respect thereto. (6A)
Where a surety, in order to satisfy the
sufficiency of his or her means, produces to a justice before
whom the surety makes an affidavit of justification—
(a) any property; or (b)
any
document to satisfy the justice that the surety owns
or
has an interest in any real or personal property;
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Undertakings and sureties [s 22] the justice
shall record on the affidavit details of the property
or document and
return the
property or
document to
the surety. (7)
A
court to which it is made to appear that a surety required
to be provided by
an undertaking has
sworn an
affidavit of
justification that is false in a material
particular may revoke the bail
and issue a
warrant for
the apprehension of
the defendant concerned.
(8) A person shall not be accepted as a
surety if it appears to the justice
before whom
the affidavit of
justification of
that person is sworn
that it would be ruinous or injurious to the person
or the person’s
family if
the undertaking were
forfeited. 22
Procedure where sureties do not attend
prison (1) Where a certificate as to bail is
endorsed on papers or warrant pursuant
to section 18 and
it is not
convenient for
the proposed surety or sureties to attend
at the prison in which the defendant is
detained to
sign the
undertaking, the
proper officer of the
court that made the endorsement may make a duplicate of the
certificate endorsed on the papers or warrant. (1A)
A
justice, upon production to the justice of that duplicate
and the undertaking, may obtain the signature
or, as the case may be, signatures of
the proposed surety
or sureties on
the undertaking in conformity with the
certificate and witness that signature or
those signatures. (1B) Where the
undertaking as so signed is transmitted to the chief
executive (corrective services)
and produced to
a person authorised by
section 20(6) together
with the
papers or
warrant with the certificate endorsed
thereon and the duplicate certificate, that person may thereupon
obtain the signature of the defendant on the undertaking,
witness that signature and order the release from custody of the
defendant and the chief executive (corrective services)
shall, if
the defendant is
detained for
no other lawful
purpose, forthwith
obey such
order. Page 50
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[s
23] (2) Where a defendant is detained in a
prison at 1 place and the proposed surety or sureties is or are
resident at another place too far
removed to
enable the
procedure laid
down in
subsections (1) to (1B) to be carried out
immediately, it shall be sufficient compliance with the
subsections if the following procedure is
adopted— (a) upon request
made in
that behalf
the chief executive
(corrective services)
shall advise
the proper officer
of the court in the district in which the
surety or sureties are resident that
a certificate of
bail has
been granted
and
of the terms and conditions of that bail; (b)
the proper officer
may thereupon arrange
to have the
surety or,
as the case
requires, sureties
execute a
separate undertaking binding
the surety or
sureties in
conformity with
the certificate as
to bail, advise
the chief executive (corrective services)
that this has been done and
give the
undertaking to
the chief executive
(corrective services); (c)
a person authorised by
section 20(6) upon
being satisfied that
the undertaking referred to in paragraph (b) has been
executed and production to the person of the papers or
warrant with the certificate as to bail endorsed
thereon may
thereupon obtain
the signature of
the defendant on
a separate undertaking and
witness that
signature and
thereupon the
provisions of
subsections (1) to (1B) as to the release of
the defendant from custody apply. 23
Application to court by surety for
discharge (1) A surety
for the appearance of
a defendant who
has been released
on bail may
make application to
the court before
which the defendant is required to appear in
accordance with his or her undertaking or the court that
granted bail at any time before a
condition of
the undertaking is
broken, or
the defendant is
arrested by
a police officer
under the
Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 367, for
the Current as at [Not applicable]
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Undertakings and sureties [s 24] discharge
of the surety
from liability
with respect
to the undertaking. (2)
The
court may make such orders as it thinks fit including an
order that the surety be discharged from
liability with respect to the undertaking.
(3) The court,
where it
discharges a
surety in
accordance with
subsection (2), may
issue a
warrant for
the apprehension of
the defendant directing
that the
defendant be
committed to
prison and that the chief executive
(corrective services) keep the defendant until such time
as— (a) a further surety or other security is
furnished; or (b) the defendant is bound by a condition
of the undertaking to appear before the court specified in the
undertaking, in which case the chief executive
(corrective services) shall cause
the defendant to
so appear in
accordance with that
condition. 24 Apprehension of defendant by
surety (1) Where a defendant has been released on
bail to appear before a court,
a surety for
the bail may,
at any time
before the
defendant is required to appear and
surrender into custody in accordance with this Act, apprehend
the defendant and bring the defendant before the court before
which the defendant is required to appear or a
justice. (1A) A police officer
shall, if required by the surety to do so, assist
the
surety in the apprehension. (2)
The court or
justice may,
upon the
appearance of
the defendant before the court or justice,
order that the liability of the surety be
discharged and may call upon the defendant to furnish
another surety
in the same
amount and,
if the defendant fails
to do so, may commit the defendant to prison. (3)
A defendant committed
to prison following
the defendant’s appearance
pursuant to subsection (2) may apply to the court
before which
the defendant was
required to
appear or
any other court to be granted bail again
and the court— Page 52 Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 3 Undertakings and sureties
[s
25] (a) may refuse the application; or
(b) may grant
the application and
make such
order with
respect to the number of sureties (if any)
and the amount and conditions of
bail as
it thinks proper
in the circumstances. 25
Effect of death of surety
(1) The estate of a surety who dies before
an undertaking entered into by a defendant is forfeited shall
not be subject to liability in respect of
that undertaking. (2) Where a surety has died, the defendant
may be required by the court to furnish another surety to act
in the stead of the surety who has died. 26
Offence of indemnifying surety
(1) Where a
person indemnifies another
person or
agrees with
another person
to indemnify that
other person
against any
liability that that other person may incur
as a surety to secure the appearance in
answer to
bail and
the surrender into
custody of
a defendant the
first mentioned
person and
that other person
commit an offence against this Act. Maximum
penalty—17 penalty
units or
imprisonment for
1 year. (2)
It is immaterial, in
relation to
an offence defined
in subsection (1)— (a)
whether the
agreement is
made before
or after the
person to be indemnified becomes a surety;
or (b) whether or not the person becomes a
surety; or (c) whether the
agreement contemplates compensation in
money or money’s worth. Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 4 General provisions [s 27]
Part
4 General provisions Not
authorised —indicative
only 27 Notice of
trial (1) Where a defendant who has been
committed for trial is on bail to appear at the
trial and it is intended to present an indictment
against the defendant the director of public
prosecutions or, as the case may be, deputy director of public
prosecutions or a person duly authorised by the director or
deputy director in writing in that behalf, either generally or
in a particular case, shall cause
notice to
be given to
the defendant or
the defendant’s solicitor and to each of
the defendant’s sureties (if any)
advising of
the time when
and the place
where the
indictment will be presented.
(2) The notice shall be given a reasonable
time before the date fixed for the presentation of the
indictment having regard to all the
circumstances and it may be oral or written save when
it
is given to a defendant in which case it shall be written.
(3) The notice shall state whether it is
intended to ask the court to proceed with the
trial upon the presentation of the indictment or adjourn the
trial. (4) Where the
trial is
to be adjourned
the defendant need
not appear personally before
the court when
an indictment is
presented against
the defendant provided
the defendant is
represented by the defendant’s
lawyer. 27A Warrant for apprehension of defendant
for failing to enter into undertaking etc. before leaving
precincts of court (1) This section applies if a court grants
bail to a defendant and the defendant leaves the precincts of
the court— (a) if the defendant is required to enter
into an undertaking under section
20—without entering into
the undertaking; or (b)
if there are
conditions of
the bail the
defendant must
comply with before leaving the precincts of
the court— without fulfilling the conditions.
Page
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Act 1980 Part 4 General provisions [s 27B]
(2) The court
may issue a
warrant for
the apprehension of
the defendant. (3)
The
warrant must— (a) name the defendant against whom it is
issued; and (b) state the
reason, under
subsection (1)(a) or
(b), for
its issue; and (c)
order all police officers to apprehend the
defendant and bring the
defendant before
the court to
be dealt with
according to law. 27B
Warrant for apprehension of defendant—bail
granted using video link facilities or audio link
facilities under Justices Act 1886, pt 6A (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a magistrate grants
bail to
a defendant and
the proceeding is
conducted using
video link
facilities or
audio link facilities under the
Justices Act 1886 , part
6A; and (b) the
defendant leaves
the precincts of
the associated place—
(i) if the
defendant is
required to
enter into
an undertaking under
section 20—without entering
into
the undertaking; or (ii) if there are
conditions of the bail with which the defendant
must comply
before leaving
the precincts of
the associated place—without fulfilling the
conditions. (2) A Magistrates Court may issue a
warrant for the apprehension of the
defendant. (3) The warrant must— (a)
name
the defendant against whom it is issued; and (b)
state the reason, under subsection (1)(b)(i)
or (ii), for its issue; and Current as at
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provisions [s 28] (c)
order all police officers to apprehend the
defendant and bring the
defendant before
the court to
be dealt with
according to law. (4)
In
this section— associated place see the
Justices Act 1886 , section
178B. audio link facilities see the
Justices Act 1886 , section
4. precincts ,
of an associated place,
means the
part of
the associated place used for the bail
proceeding. video link facilities see the
Justices Act 1886 , section
4. 28 Warrant for apprehension of defendant
by Supreme or District Court (1)
Where a
defendant who
has entered into
an undertaking conditioned that
the defendant will appear before the Supreme Court
or the District
Court breaks
a condition of
the defendant’s undertaking, or
if the court
is satisfied that
the defendant is
likely to
break any
such condition, the
court before
which the
defendant is
required to
appear, on
application made by the director of public
prosecutions or, as the case may be, deputy director of public
prosecutions or a person duly authorised by the director or
deputy director in writing in that behalf, either generally or
in a particular case— (a) after notice of
the intention to make the application has been given to
the defendant; or (b) without giving
notice pursuant
to paragraph (a)
if the defendant cannot
be found, has absconded or is likely to abscond;
may
issue a warrant for the apprehension of the defendant.
(2) Where a
defendant for
whose apprehension a
warrant has
been
issued under subsection (1) for failing to surrender into
custody in accordance with the defendant’s
undertaking— (a) surrenders into the custody of the
court that issued the warrant as soon as is practicable
after the time for the time being appointed for the defendant
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(b) satisfies the
court that
the failure to
surrender into
custody was due to reasonable cause;
the
court may withdraw and cancel the warrant. (2A)
Where a
defendant for
whose apprehension a
warrant has
been issued
under subsection
(1) on the ground
that the
defendant has
broken a
condition of
the defendant’s undertaking (other
than the
condition that
the defendant surrender into
custody) prior to the execution of the warrant satisfies the
court that issued the warrant that breaking of the
condition was
due to reasonable cause
the court may
withdraw and cancel the warrant.
(2B) Where
a defendant for
whose apprehension a
warrant has
been issued
under subsection
(1) on the ground
that the
defendant is
likely to
break a
condition of
the defendant’s undertaking (including the
condition that
the defendant surrender into
custody) prior to the execution of the warrant satisfies the
court that issued the warrant that the defendant is
not
likely to break that condition the court may withdraw and
cancel the warrant. (3)
A
warrant issued under this section— (a)
shall name or otherwise describe the
defendant against whom it is issued; and (b)
shall set out the reasons for the issue
thereof; and (c) shall order the police officers to
whom it is directed to apprehend the defendant against whom
it is issued and cause the defendant to be brought before a
Magistrates Court or, as the case may be, Childrens
Court to be dealt with according to law. 28A
Other
warrants for apprehension of defendant (1)
A court that
a defendant is
required to
appear before
may issue a
warrant for
the defendant’s apprehension if
the defendant fails to surrender into
custody after being— Current as at [Not applicable]
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provisions [s 28A] (a)
released on bail by the Supreme Court or
District Court on condition that
the defendant will
appear before
a Magistrates Court; or
(b) released on bail by a Magistrates
Court or the Childrens Court, or
by any justice
or justices conducting a
committal proceeding, on the defendant
entering into an undertaking; or (c)
released on bail under section 7(3)(a);
or (d) released on bail on the defendant
making a deposit of money under section 14A; or
(e) released on
bail that
has been continued
under section 34A(2),
34B(2), 34BA(2) or 34BB(2); or (ea)
released, on bail or without bail, under
the Youth Justice Act 1992
,
part 5; or (f) permitted to go at large without
bail. (2) Where a
defendant for
whose apprehension a
warrant has
been
issued under subsection (1)— (a)
surrenders into the custody of the court
that issued the warrant as soon as is practicable after the
time for the time being appointed for the defendant to do
so; and (b) satisfies the
court that
the failure to
surrender into
custody was due to reasonable cause;
the
court may withdraw and cancel the warrant. (3)
A
warrant issued under this section— (a)
shall name or otherwise describe the
defendant against whom it is issued; and (b)
shall set
out the court
into the
custody of
which the
defendant failed to surrender and the time
and place of that failure; and (c)
shall order the police officers to whom it
is directed to apprehend the defendant against whom it is
issued and cause the defendant to be brought before a
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Court or, as the case may be, Childrens
Court to be dealt with according to law. Note—
A
defendant may be granted bail before being brought before
the court under paragraph (c) if the defendant
shows cause under section 16(3) why the defendant’s detention
in custody is not justified. (4)
A
court shall not issue a warrant under subsection (1)—
(a) where the defendant was released on
bail or permitted to go at large without bail to appear at
a time and place to be determined; or (b)
where the
hearing was
adjourned in
the defendant’s absence
and the defendant
was not represented by
a lawyer; unless it is
satisfied that— (c) the defendant
cannot be
found, has
absconded or
is likely to abscond; or
(d) reasonable notice of the time and
place so determined or, as the case may be, the time to which
the hearing was adjourned has been given to the
defendant. 28B Warrant authority to apprehend
defendant on other charges A warrant issued
under section 28 or 28A(1)(a), (b), (c) or (e) to
apprehend a
defendant for
the reason that
the defendant failed to
surrender into custody shall be sufficient authority
for
a police officer to whom it is directed to apprehend the
defendant upon
any other charge
in respect of
which the
defendant failed to surrender into custody
at the same court, time and
place or
sittings as
the defendant was
required to
surrender into custody on the charge in
respect of which the warrant was issued.
Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Bail Act 1980 Part 4 General
provisions [s 28C] 28C
Warrant for apprehension of person released
under section 11A (1)
If a person
is released under
section 11A on
condition the
person will surrender into the custody of a
particular court at the time and place stated in the notice
under section 11B and the person
fails to
surrender into
the court’s custody
at the time and
place— (a) the court may issue a warrant for the
apprehension of the person directing that the person be brought
before the court; and (b)
the person is
not liable to
any other penalty
for the failure to
surrender. (2) The warrant must— (a)
name
or describe the person; and (b)
state the name of the court; and
(c) state the
time and
place stated
in the notice
under section
11B at which the
person was
required to
surrender into the court’s custody;
and (d) state the
person failed
to surrender into
the court’s custody at the
stated time and place; and (e) order
the police officers
to whom it
is directed to
apprehend the person and cause the person to
be brought before the court to be dealt with according
to law. (3) The court may withdraw and cancel the
warrant if— (a) the person surrenders into the court’s
custody as soon as is practicable after the stated time;
and (b) the court is given a satisfactory
explanation as to why the person failed to surrender into
custody as required. 29 Offence to breach conditions of
bail (1) A defendant must not break any
condition of the undertaking on
which the
defendant was
granted bail
requiring the
defendant’s appearance before a
court. Page 60 Current as at
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Act 1980 Part 4 General provisions [s 29A]
Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a) a defendant who is a child; or
(b) a condition that the defendant
surrender into custody; or Note— For defendants
who fail to surrender into custody, see section 33.
(c) a condition
of the defendant’s undertaking imposed
under section 11(9) or 11AB.
29A Procedure in respect of defendants
apprehended under s 21(7) or the Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000 (1) A defendant
apprehended— (a) under a warrant issued under section
21(7); or (b) under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000 ,
section 367; shall—
(c) subject to paragraph (d), be brought
forthwith before a Magistrates Court
or, as the
case may
be, Childrens Court to be
dealt with according to law; or (d)
where the
defendant is
apprehended within
24 hours before
the time at
which the
defendant is
bound by
a condition of
the defendant’s undertaking to
appear before
a court—be kept
in custody and
the person in
whose custody
the defendant is
shall cause
the defendant to surrender into the
custody of the court at the time and place for the time being
appointed for the defendant to do so. (2)
The court before
which a
defendant is
brought pursuant
to subsection (1)— (a)
if
it is satisfied that the defendant has broken, or is likely
to break, a
condition of
the defendant’s undertaking may—
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revoke the bail and commit the defendant to
prison with a direction to the chief executive
(corrective services) to
keep the
defendant and
cause the
defendant to surrender into the custody of
the court specified in the undertaking at the time and
place for the time being appointed for the
defendant to do so; or (ii)
release the
defendant on
the defendant’s original
undertaking or vary the defendant’s bail;
or (b) if it is not satisfied that the
defendant has broken, or is likely
to break, a
condition of
the defendant’s undertaking, may
release the
defendant on
the defendant’s original undertaking or
vary the defendant’s bail. (3)
This
section does not apply if under subsection (1)(b) the only
condition the defendant has broken, or is
likely to break, is a condition of
the defendant’s undertaking imposed
under section 11(9) or
11AB. 30 Apprehension on variation or
revocation of bail (1) Bail granted to a defendant on an
undertaking may be varied or revoked, on the application of a
complainant, prosecutor or person appearing on behalf of the
Crown, by— (a) the court that granted the bail;
or (b) the court
before which
an indictment has
been presented;
or (c) the Supreme Court; if the court is
of the opinion that it is necessary or desirable in
the
interests of justice to do so. (1A)
Also, bail
granted to
a defendant on
an undertaking by
a police officer authorised by this Act
or the Youth Justice Act 1992
to grant bail
may be varied
or revoked, on
the application of a complainant,
prosecutor or person appearing on behalf of the
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(a) if the
defendant is
required to
appear before
the Childrens Court—the Childrens Court;
or (b) a Magistrates Court;
if
the court is of the opinion that it is necessary or desirable
in the interests of justice to do so.
(2) An application under this section may
be made ex parte— (a) after notice of intention to make the
application has been given to
the defendant and
the defendant’s surety
or sureties; or (b)
without giving
notice pursuant
to paragraph (a)
if the defendant— (i)
has
absconded or if the court is satisfied that the defendant is
likely to abscond; or (ii) has
broken, or
if the court
is satisfied that
the defendant is
likely to
break, a
condition of
the defendant’s undertaking.
(3) If an
application under
this section
is made in
the manner permitted by
subsection (2)(b), the court may— (a)
order that
notice of
the application be
given to
the defendant and
the defendant’s surety
or sureties notifying
that if
the defendant fails
to surrender into
custody in
accordance with
the notice a
warrant may
issue for the apprehension of the defendant;
or (b) forthwith issue
a warrant to
apprehend the
defendant and bring the
defendant before the court to show cause why
the defendant’s bail
should not
be varied or
revoked. (4)
If
on the date and at the time and place specified in a notice
given pursuant to subsection (2)(a) or
(3)(a) the defendant— (a) fails
to surrender into
custody, the
court may
issue a
warrant for the defendant’s apprehension;
or (b) surrenders into custody and fails to
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defendant’s bail be varied or revoked the court may—
(i) vary the bail in such manner as it
thinks fit; or (ii) revoke the bail;
or (c) surrenders into custody and satisfies
the court that it is not necessary or desirable in the
interests of justice that the defendant’s bail be varied or
revoked the court may order that the defendant be released
from custody on the defendant’s original undertaking.
(5) A surety
or sureties to
whom notice
is given under
subsection (2)(a) or
(3)(a) shall
be entitled to
appear at
the hearing of
the application and
give evidence
and the court
may
if it thinks fit adjourn the hearing to enable the surety or
sureties to do so. (6)
If the only
ground for
making an
application under
this section is that
the defendant has broken, or is likely to break, a
condition of
the defendant’s undertaking imposed
under section
11(9) or 11AB, the
court may
vary the
defendant’s bail,
including by
rescinding the
condition imposed
under section 11(9) or
11AB, but may not revoke the bail. (7)
This
section does not limit the powers of a police officer under
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 367(3) to arrest a defendant who is
a child. 31 Forfeiture of undertaking
(1) Where a
defendant who
has been released
on bail fails
to appear before
the court in
accordance with
the defendant’s undertaking and
surrender into
custody the
court may
forthwith declare the undertaking to be
forfeited. (2) The court that forfeits an
undertaking— (a) shall endorse
or cause to
be endorsed on
the undertaking— (i)
the
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(ii) the declaration
of forfeiture and particulars of any order made by
the court; and (b) shall transmit
to the proper
officer of
the court the
undertaking so endorsed. 32
Forfeiture of deposit or other
security (1) Where an
undertaking that
has been declared
forfeited because of the
failure of the person released on bail to appear
in
accordance with the undertaking contains as a condition of
bail
the making of a deposit of money or other security, the
court that declares the forfeiture may order
that the deposit or other security so made be forfeited and paid
to Her Majesty. (2) The court
shall endorse
or cause to
be endorsed on
the undertaking particulars of every order
made pursuant to this section. 32A
Order
for payment of amount under forfeited undertaking
(1) A court that orders the payment of a
deposit of money or other security (the
amount )
under section
32 for which there
is a surety must also
order— (a) that the surety pay the amount to the
proper officer of the court immediately or
within the
time or
by the instalments
stated in the order; or (b) that
the proper officer
of the court
is to give
the prescribed particulars of
the amount to
SPER for
registration under the State
Penalties Enforcement Act
1999 , section
34. (2) If the court makes an order under
subsection (1)(a), the court may also order
that the surety be imprisoned for the term, of not more than 2
years, stated in the order if the surety defaults
in
paying the amount. Current as at [Not applicable]
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only 32B Variation or
revocation of order forfeiting bail undertaking (1)
If a court
orders a
defendant or
a surety to
pay an amount
under section
32 or 32A, the
defendant or
the surety may
apply in the approved form to the court that
made the order or, for a Magistrates Court, any magistrate, for
an order revoking or varying the order. (2)
The
application— (a) may only be made on the ground that,
having regard to all the circumstances, it would be against
the interests of justice to require the person to pay the
amount ordered to be paid; and (b)
must be
made within
28 days after
the relevant undertaking is
forfeited or
the longer time
the court allows for
payment of the amount; and (c) must briefly
state the circumstances relied on; and (d)
must be
filed with
the proper officer
of the court
and served, at
least 14
days before
the date set
for the hearing of the
application, on the complainant or, for an undertaking entered
into after
an indictment is
presented, whoever of the following is
relevant— (i) the State crown solicitor;
(ii) for an offence
against a law of the Commonwealth, the
Australian Government Solicitor
in Queensland. (3)
Despite subsection (2)(b), if the
undertaking was forfeited in the
absence of
the defendant, an
application may
be made within
28 days after
the order comes
to the notice
of the applicant. (4)
At
any time after the application is filed, the applicant may
apply to
the court for
a stay of
proceedings to
which the
application relates. (5)
The
court may grant the stay and do any of the following—
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(b) postpone the issue of a
warrant; (c) stay the enforcement of any warrant
until the application is decided. (6)
Also, the court may hear the application
earlier than 14 days after service
of the application if
the parties consent
to the earlier
hearing. (7) The court must decide the application
and may— (a) vary the order; or (b)
revoke the order; or (c)
refuse the application. 33
Failure to appear in accordance with
undertaking (1) A defendant who— (a)
fails to
surrender into
custody in
accordance with
the defendant’s undertaking; and
(b) is apprehended under
a warrant issued
pursuant to
section 28 or 28A(1)(a), (b), (c) or
(e); commits an offence against this Act.
(2) It is a defence to an offence defined
in subsection (1) if the defendant satisfies the court that the
defendant had reasonable cause— (a)
for
failing to surrender into custody in accordance with
the
defendant’s undertaking; and (b)
for failing to
appear before
the court specified
in the defendant’s undertaking and
surrender into custody
as soon after the time for the time being
appointed for the defendant to do so as is reasonably
practicable. (3) Proceedings for an offence against
this section— (a) shall be
instituted and
taken, without
the laying of
a complaint; (b)
shall be
taken in
accordance with
the following procedures— Current as at
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only (i) production to
the court before which a defendant apprehended under
a warrant issued
under section 28 or
28A(1)(a), (b), (c) or (e) is brought of that warrant
shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to
the contrary, conclusive evidence of the undertaking
and of the failure to surrender into custody and that
the issue of the warrant was duly authorised by
the decision or order of the court that issued the
warrant; (ii) judicial notice
shall be taken of the signature of the person
who issued the
warrant referred
to in subparagraph (i)
and that that
person was
duly authorised to
issue the warrant. (3A) Upon
production to
the court of
the warrant the
court shall
then and
there call
on the defendant
to prove why
the defendant should not be convicted of
an offence against this section. (4)
Where a court in making an order under this
section directs that a
term of
imprisonment (the
first mentioned
term of
imprisonment ) be imposed
(whether in the first instance or in default
payment of
a fine) upon
a defendant then,
notwithstanding any
Act, law
or practice, the
following applies—
(a) the first
mentioned term
of imprisonment shall
take effect from the
expiration of the deprivation of liberty of the defendant
pursuant to a term of imprisonment— (i)
imposed upon
the defendant pursuant
to this section or a law
of the Commonwealth or the State at
the same time
as the first
mentioned term
of imprisonment is imposed; or
(ii) which
the defendant is
serving pursuant
to this section or a law
of the Commonwealth or the State at
the time the
first mentioned
term of
imprisonment is imposed; (b)
if during the
time the
defendant is
serving the
first mentioned
term of
imprisonment a
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to a
law of the Commonwealth or the State, the further
term of
imprisonment shall
take effect
from the
expiration of the deprivation of liberty of
the defendant pursuant to the first mentioned term of
imprisonment; (c) if before
the defendant commences
to serve the
first mentioned
term of
imprisonment a
further term
of imprisonment is imposed upon the
defendant pursuant to a law
of the Commonwealth or
the State, the
first mentioned term
of imprisonment shall take effect from the
expiration of
the deprivation of
liberty of
the defendant pursuant to the further term
of imprisonment. (5) Subsection (4) does
not apply if
the defendant was
a child when
the defendant committed
the offence mentioned
in subsection (1). (6)
Despite subsection
(3)(a), a defendant mentioned
in subsection (1)(b) is taken to be
charged with an offence under subsection (1)
for the purpose of— (a) applying for bail under any provision
of this Act; and (b) section 16(3)(d). 33A
Certain offences may be dealt with
Where— (a)
a
defendant has been dealt with by a Magistrates Court
or, as the
case may
be, Childrens Court
under section 33;
and (b) the court is informed that the
defendant consents to the court dealing with—
(i) the offence in respect of which the
defendant failed to surrender into custody; or
(ii) any
other offence
with which
the defendant has
been
charged and not dealt with; and (c)
the offence referred
to in paragraph
(b) is an
offence which may be
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the
court is satisfied from material produced before it by
evidence on oath or otherwise that the
defendant has not been dealt with for the offence referred to
in paragraph (b); and (e)
the
defendant pleads guilty to the offence referred to in
paragraph (b); the
court shall
then and
there proceed
to deal with
the defendant for the offence referred to
in paragraph (b). 33B Committal or remand of certain
defendants (1) Where a defendant appears before a
Magistrates Court or, as the case may be, Childrens Court
(the first mentioned court )
charged with
an offence against
section 33, the
first mentioned court,
whether or not it convicts the defendant of that
offence, without
further inquiry
or examination, shall
commit the defendant to be dealt with
according to law by the court that issued the warrant referred
to in section 33(1)(b) for the offence
in respect of
which the
defendant failed
to surrender into custody unless the
first mentioned court deals with the
defendant under section 33A for the offence. (2)
A court in
exercising the
jurisdiction conferred
by subsection (1) may
grant bail
to the defendant
or by its
warrant commit the defendant to prison with
a direction to the chief executive (corrective services) to
cause the defendant to surrender into the custody of the
court that issued the warrant referred
to in section
33(1)(b) in accordance with
the defendant’s undertaking at
the time and
place for
the time being appointed
for the defendant to do so. 33C Jurisdiction (1)
The powers conferred
by sections 33 and
33A may be
exercised by a Magistrates Court or
Childrens Court at a place appointed for the holding of
Magistrates Courts in any district appointed
for the purpose
of Magistrates Courts
under the
Justices Act
1886 or
in any division
deemed to
be such a
district, regardless of where the offence
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(2) The exercise
of jurisdiction conferred
by section 33B in
respect of a defendant brought before a
Magistrates Court or Childrens Court
shall be
in addition to
the exercise of
jurisdiction conferred by the
Justices Act 1886 , section
101. 33D Postponing issue or enforcement of a
warrant (1) This section applies if an application
is made to the court for a warrant for
the apprehension of
a person who
has failed to
appear before the court. (2)
The court may
postpone the
issue or
enforcement of
the warrant to
allow the
person a
further opportunity to
appear before the
court. 34 Effect of apprehension on another
charge of defendant on bail (1)
The
apprehension of a defendant who has been released on
bail
to appear before a court on another charge shall not vacate
the
undertaking to which the bail relates and that undertaking
shall continue to bind the defendant and the
defendant’s surety or sureties (if
any) until
the defendant is
discharged or
sentenced in respect of the offence to which
the bail relates. (2) Notwithstanding subsection
(1), the court may
commit to
prison a defendant on bail who is arrested
on another charge or may grant bail to the defendant.
(3) Where a defendant who has been
released on bail to appear for trial is committed to prison
pursuant to subsection (2), the sureties (if
any) for the defendant’s appearance are, without
other authority than this subsection,
discharged from liability in respect of the bail while the
defendant remains in prison. 34A
Varying bail if summary charge transmitted
from court of summary jurisdiction to another court
(1) This section applies if—
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a
person charged with a summary offence before a court
of summary jurisdiction is
granted bail
(the summary
bail ) by the court
to appear before it on the charge; and (b)
the
clerk of the court of summary jurisdiction transmits
the
complaint or bench charge sheet or a copy of it to the
registrar of another court (the
receiving court ) under
the Criminal Code, section 652(4).
(2) The summary
bail is
continued and
is taken to
have been
granted by the receiving court on the
conditions imposed by the court of summary
jurisdiction. (3) However, the summary bail is taken to
be varied to require the defendant to appear before the
receiving court for the hearing of the summary
offence on the day the receiving court has set for the hearing
of the charge on indictment before it. 34B
Varying bail if summary charge transmitted
from receiving court back to court of summary
jurisdiction (1) This section applies if—
(a) section 34A applies; and
(b) under the Criminal Code, section
653(2), the receiving court— (i)
directs that
the charge be
heard by
a court exercising
summary jurisdiction; and (ii) orders the court
registrar to send the relevant court record to the
clerk of the court exercising summary jurisdiction. (2)
The
summary bail is taken to have been granted by the court
exercising summary jurisdiction on the
conditions that applied to it under section 34A.
(3) However, the summary bail is taken to
be varied to require the defendant to appear before the court
of summary jurisdiction for the hearing of the summary charge
on the day set by the receiving court on the day it gives
the direction and makes the order.
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(4) The day set by the receiving court
must be not earlier than 1 month after the day it gives the
direction and makes the order. (5)
In
this section— receiving court has the meaning
given by section 34A(1)(b). summary
bail has the meaning given by section
34A(1)(a). 34BA Varying bail on registry
committal (1) This section applies if—
(a) under a registry committal under
the Justices Act 1886 ,
the clerk of
the court at
a place orders
a defendant charged with an
indictable offence to be committed to be tried or
sentenced for the offence; and (b)
immediately before
the registry committal, the
defendant is on bail. (2)
The bail applying
to the defendant
immediately before
the registry committal
(the summary
bail )
is continued, and
is taken to have been granted by the
court (the receiving court )
to
which the defendant is committed for trial or sentence on
the same conditions that
applied immediately before
the registry committal.
(3) However, the summary bail is taken to
be varied to require the defendant to appear before the
receiving court as required by the receiving
court. (4) Also, if the clerk of the court amends
the charges under the Justices Act 1886 , section
115(6), the summary bail is taken to be
granted for
the charges on
which the
defendant is
committed for trial or sentence under the
registry committal. (5) An undertaking given for the purposes
of the summary bail, including any promise of a surety, is,
for the continuance of the summary bail, taken to have been
given to the receiving court, and, to the greatest
practicable extent, the provisions of this Act
relating to undertakings continue to apply. Current as at
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Example for subsection (5)—
The entitlement of
a surety to
apply to
the receiving court
for a discharge
under section
23 (Application to
court by
surety for
discharge) continues to apply.
Not authorised —indicative
only 34BB Varying bail for
charge for indictable offence referred to clerk of the
court under Justices Act 1886 (1)
This section
applies if
a charge for
an indictable offence
is referred to the clerk of the court at
a place under the Justices Act 1886
,
section 23EB. (2) The bail applying to the defendant in
relation to the charge (the summary
bail ) is continued, and is taken to have
been granted by
the court (the
receiving court
) in which
the relevant indictment has been or is to
be presented, on the same conditions that applied immediately
before the referral of the charge to the clerk of the
court. (3) However, the summary bail is taken to
be varied to require the defendant to appear before the
receiving court as required by the receiving
court. (4) An undertaking given for the purposes
of the summary bail, including any promise of a surety, is,
for the continuance of the summary bail, taken to have been
given to the receiving court, and, to the greatest
practicable extent, the provisions of this Act
relating to undertakings continue to apply. Example for
subsection (4)— The entitlement of
a surety to
apply to
the receiving court
for a discharge
under section
23 (Application to
court by
surety for
discharge) continues to apply.
(5) If the
clerk of
the court, under
the Justices Act
1886 ,
section 23EB(3)(a)(ii), refers
the charge back
to the Magistrates
Court, and the relevant indictment has not been presented, the
bail is
taken to
be varied to
require the
defendant to
appear at
the time and
place advised
to the parties by the
clerk of the court under the Justices Act
1886 , section 23EB(6). (6)
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relevant indictment means
the indictment mentioned
in the Justices Act
1886 , section 23EB(2)(b)(i) or (ii).
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34C Access to court files by
representative of community justice group in defendant’s
community (1) This section applies if a defendant is
an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
(2) A representative of
the community justice
group in
the defendant’s community
may inspect a
court file,
or a document in a
court file, or obtain a copy of information from
a court file
or document, that
may be relevant
to making a
submission about
the defendant under
section 15(1)(f) or
16(2)(e). (3)
However, subsection (2) applies only if the
court directs that the information be
made available
or given to
the representative. (4)
The court may
make the
direction whether
or not the
representative has
made an
application to
the court for
the direction. (5)
In deciding whether
to direct that
information be
made available or
given to the representative, the court may have regard to the
following— (a) whether the representative would
otherwise have access to the information;
(b) whether the defendant consents to the
information being made available or given to the
representative. (6) Subsection (5) does not limit the
matters to which the court may have regard. 34D
Confidentiality (1)
A
person who is a member of a community justice group must
not— (a)
record or use information the person, or
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provisions [s 34E] through
performing a
function under
this Act,
or intentionally disclose
it to anyone,
other than
under subsection (2);
or (b) recklessly disclose the information to
anyone. Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
A person who
is a member
of a community
justice group
may— (a)
record, use or disclose the information if
the recording, use or disclosure— (i)
is
done as part of making submissions to— (A)
the
court under section 15(1)(f); or (B)
the court or
a police officer
under section
16(2)(e); or (ii) is otherwise
required or permitted by law; or (b)
disclose the
information to
another member
of the community
justice group. (3) In this section— disclose
information to someone else means—
(a) orally disclose the information to the
other person; or (b) produce to
the other person,
or give the
other person
access to, a document containing the
information; or (c) disclose the information to the other
person in another way. 34E Protection from
liability (1) This section applies to a person
who— (a) is a
member of
the community justice
group in
a defendant’s community; and
(b) is responsible for the making of a
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(i) a court under section 15(1)(f);
or (ii) a court or a
police officer under section 16(2)(e). (2)
For
subsection (1)(b), it does not matter that the person did
not
personally make the submission to the court or the police
officer. (3)
The
person is not civilly liable for an act done, or an omission
made, honestly
and without negligence in
relation to
the making of the submission.
34F Commissioner may give information
about special condition of bail to particular
persons (1) The commissioner may
give information about
a special condition
mentioned in section 11(3) to— (a)
the licensee of
any licensed premises
stated in
the special condition; or
(b) the licensee of any licensed premises
within a class of licensed premises stated in the special
condition; or (c) the holder of a licence or permit to
sell liquor at an event stated in the special condition;
or (d) an approved manager working at the
licensed premises mentioned in
paragraph (a)
or (b) or
the event mentioned in
paragraph (c); or (e) the Commissioner for
Liquor and
Gaming under
the Gaming Machine Act 1991
;
or (f) an approved
operator under
the Liquor Act
1992 ,
section 173EE. (2)
In
this section— approved manager means a person
holding an approval as an approved manager under the
Liquor Act 1992 .
commissioner means
the commissioner of
the Queensland Police
Service under
the Police Service
Administration Act
1990 .
licence see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
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licensed premises see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
4. licensee see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
4. permit see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
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only 35 Proceedings for
offences (1) A prosecution for an offence against
this Act shall be taken by way of
summary proceedings in
accordance with
the provisions of
the Justices Act
1886 (subject
to such modifications to
those provisions as are made by sections 33 and 33A), and
may be taken notwithstanding that more than 1 year has elapsed
since commission of the offence. (2)
A
person who commits an offence against this Act shall be
liable to a penalty of 40 penalty units or
to imprisonment for 2 years. 36
Evidentiary provisions In a proceeding
for the purposes of this Act— (a)
a
certificate purporting to be signed by the director of
public prosecutions or,
as the case
may be, deputy
director of
public prosecutions or
person duly
authorised by
the director or
deputy director
setting forth—
(i) that a notice has been given to a
specified person at a specified address and the contents of such
notice; or (ii) that a notice
has or has not been received by the director of
public prosecutions or, as the case may be,
deputy director
of public prosecutions or,
where the director of public prosecutions
or, as the case may
be, deputy director
of public prosecutions has
authorised another person to sign a
certificate, that
other person
from a
specified person
and, where
the certificate relates
to the receipt of the
notice, the contents of such notice; Page 78
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shall be evidence and, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the matters
contained therein; and (b)
a
document purporting to be or to be a copy of— (i)
an
undertaking; or (ii) a declaration of
forfeiture made by a court of an undertaking;
or (iii) an
order made
by a court
in consequence of
a forfeiture by
that court
of an undertaking with
respect to a surety, deposit of money or
security; or (iv) a certificate
containing particulars of the respects in
which an
undertaking has
not been complied
with; or (v)
an
enlargement or variation of an undertaking; in any case
purporting to be certified by an officer of the court having
custody of the document to be or relate to the
undertaking with
which it
is alleged in
the proceeding the defendant has failed to
comply shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to
the contrary, conclusive evidence
of the matters
contained therein;
and (ba) where an officer
of the court does not have knowledge of
the respects in
which a
defendant has
failed to
comply with his or her undertaking—an
affidavit, or a document purporting to be a copy of an
affidavit, sworn by a person
having that
knowledge shall
be evidence, and
in the absence
of evidence to
the contrary, conclusive evidence
of the matters
contained therein;
and (c) it
shall not
be necessary to
prove the
appointment or
signature of the director of public
prosecutions or, as the case may be, deputy director of public
prosecutions or other authorised person; and
(d) a bench
charge sheet
purporting to
be a bench
charge sheet referred
to in section 14(2) and (3) shall, upon its Current as at
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production in that proceeding, be evidence
and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary,
conclusive evidence of all matters
recorded therein that
are relevant to
the proceeding. Not
authorised —indicative
only 36A Service of
notices A written notice required to be given under
this Act shall be taken to
have been
duly given
to the person
to whom it
is directed if it is served on the person
personally or— (a) in the
case of
a defendant—if it
is delivered to
the defendant’s address
for service of
notices or
sent by
prepaid post to the defendant at that
address; or (b) in the case of a defendant’s
solicitor—it is delivered to the solicitor’s
place of business or sent by prepaid post to the solicitor
at that address; or (c) in the
case of
a surety—it is
delivered to
the surety’s address given
with respect to his or her undertaking or sent by prepaid
post to the surety at that address. 36B
When
bail ceases to have effect Where the director of public
prosecutions or, as the case may be,
deputy director
of public prosecutions or
a person duly
authorised by the director or deputy
director in writing in that behalf,
either generally
or in a
particular case,
advises the
court to which a defendant has been
committed for trial that the director
or deputy director
will not
be presenting an
indictment against
the defendant the
defendant is
thereby discharged from
complying with the conditions specified in the defendant’s
undertaking and to which the undertaking is subject
pursuant to
this Act
and thereupon the
undertaking shall cease to
have effect. 36BA Review of domestic violence
provisions (1) The Minister
must ensure
the operation of
the domestic violence
provisions is
reviewed as
soon as
practicable after
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the day that
is 2 years
after the
commencement of
the provisions. (2)
The review must
include a
review of
whether the
domestic violence
provisions— (a) have been effective in protecting
people from domestic violence; and (b)
have had
sufficient regard
to rights and
liberties of
defendants; and (c)
remain appropriate. (3)
The
Minister must, as soon as practicable after the review is
finished, table
in the Legislative Assembly
a report on
the outcome of the review.
(4) In this section— domestic
violence provisions means
sections 19CA
and 19D(2). 36C
Approval of forms (1)
The
chief executive may approve forms for— (a)
anything for
which this
Act requires or
permits an
approved form to be used; or
(b) another use under this Act.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) does
not apply to
forms for
court proceedings. 37
Regulation-making power The
Governor in
Council may
make regulations under
this Act.
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38] Part 5 Transitional
provisions Not authorised —indicative
only 38 Transitional
provisions for State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
(1) This section applies if, on the
commencement of this section, a
surety has
not paid an
amount under
an order under
the Crown Proceedings Act 1980
,
section 14 (the repealed law ).
(2) Despite the
repeal of
the repealed law,
the following provisions have
effect— (a) the order continues to have effect as
if it were an order made under section 32A of this Act;
(b) any amount
that has
not been paid
under the
order continues
to be payable
until it
is paid or
otherwise satisfied; (c)
despite the repeal of the
Crown Proceedings Act 1980
, section 15, an
application may
be made under
section 32B as if the order forfeiting the
recognisance or made against
the surety were
an order under
section 32A; (d)
any
warrant that has not been enforced may be enforced
according to its terms as if the repealed
law had not been repealed; (e)
any proceeding commenced
before the
repeal for
an order under the repealed law may be
continued as if it were a proceeding for an order under section
32A. 39 Provision concerning references to s
28A(1)(a) (1) It is
declared that,
during the
relevant period,
the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 ,
section 14H applied
so that the
reference to
section 28A(1)(a) in
sections 28B and
33 included a reference to section
28A(1)(b), (c) and (e). (2) Without
limiting subsection
(1), if a defendant
was apprehended during
the relevant period
under an
affected warrant,
subsections (3) and (4) apply. Page 82
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[s
40] (3) Section 28B is taken to have applied
in relation to the affected warrant as if
the reference in section 28B to a warrant issued
under section 28A(1)(a) included a reference
to the affected warrant. (4)
If the defendant
was convicted of
an offence against
section 33, section 33 is taken to have
applied, in relation to the defendant
and the proceedings for
the offence against
section 33, as
if the references in
section 33 to
a warrant issued
under section
28A(1)(a) included a
reference to
the affected warrant. (5)
In
this section— affected warrant
means a
warrant issued
before the
commencement date
under old
section 28A(1)(a)(ii), (iii)
or (iv) or during the relevant period
under section 28A(1)(b), (c) or (e).
commencement date
means the
date the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act 2002 , the schedule,
amendments of the Bail Act 1980
commenced. old
, in
relation to a provision, means the provision as in force
from
time to time before the commencement date. relevant
period means
the period beginning
on the commencement date
and ending immediately before
the commencement of this section.
40 Provisions concerning bail decisions
under s 7 (1) It is declared that a bail decision
made under section 7 during the
relevant period
is not invalid
only because
the police officer making
the decision lacked the capacity to make it. (2)
In
this section— bail decision
means a
decision to
grant, or
refuse to
grant, bail.
relevant period means the period
starting on 1 July 2000 and ending
immediately before the commencement of this section.
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Transitional provisions [s 41] 41
Transitional provision for Liquor and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (1)
Section 11(3) and
(4), as
inserted by
the Liquor and
Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2010 , section 8 applies in relation
to the release
of a person
on bail for
an offence only
if proceedings for
the offence were
started after
the commencement of this section.
(2) For subsection (1), it is irrelevant
whether the act or omission constituting the
offence happened
before or
after the
commencement. 42
Transitional provision for Criminal Law
(Criminal Organisations Disruption) and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (1)
Sections 6 and 15A as amended or inserted by
the amending Act apply to
a bail proceeding heard
on or after
the commencement. (2)
Section 16(3A) as in force on 17 October
2013 applies and is taken to have always applied to a bail
application hearing on or after that date but before the
commencement. (3) Section 16(3A) as in force on the
commencement applies to a bail application hearing on or after
the commencement. (4) For subsections (1) to (3), it is
irrelevant whether the act or omission
constituting the
offence the
subject of
the proceeding happened before or
after— (a) for subsections (1) and (3)—the
commencement; or (b) for subsection (2)—17 October
2013. (5) In this section— amending
Act means the
Criminal Law
(Criminal Organisations
Disruption) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013
. commencement means the
commencement of this section. Page 84
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[s
43] 43 Transitional provision for Criminal
Law Amendment Act 2014 (1)
Sections 11(4A), 11AA and 20(3D) apply in
relation to the release of a person on bail on or after the
commencement of this section. (2)
For
subsection (1), it is irrelevant whether the act or omission
constituting the
offence in
relation to
which the
person is
released on bail happened before or after
the commencement of this section. 44
Transitional provision for Safe Night Out
Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (1)
Section 11AB applies in relation to the
release of a person on bail on or after the commencement of
this section. (2) For subsection (1), it is irrelevant
whether the act or omission constituting the
offence in
relation to
which the
person is
released on
bail happened,
or proceedings for
the offence started, before
or after the commencement of this section. 45
Transitional provision for Tackling
Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Act
2016 (1) Section 11AB,
as inserted by
the amending Act,
applies in
relation to
the release of
a person on
bail on
or after the
commencement. (2)
For
subsection (1), it is irrelevant whether the act or omission
constituting the
offence in
relation to
which the
person is
released on bail happened, or the proceeding
for the offence was started, before or after the
commencement. (3) For section
29(2)(c), as
inserted by
the amending Act,
a reference to a condition imposed under
section 11(9) or 11AB includes a
condition imposed
under either
of those sections
before the commencement. (4)
In
this section— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Transitional provisions [s 46] amending
Act means the Tackling
Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Act 2016
. 46 Transitional
provision for Bail (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act
2017 (1) Sections 11 and 16, as amended by the
amending Act, apply in relation to the release of a person on
bail on or after the commencement. (2)
For
subsection (1), it is irrelevant whether the alleged offence
in
relation to which the person is released on bail happened,
or the proceeding for the offence was started,
before or after the commencement. (3)
In
this section— amending Act
means the
Bail (Domestic
Violence) Amendment Act
2017 . 47 Transitional
provision for Justice Legislation (Links to Terrorist
Activity) Amendment Act 2018 (1)
This Act,
as amended by
the Justice Legislation (Links
to Terrorist Activity) Amendment Act
2018, applies in relation to a decision made
by a court or police officer on or after the commencement about
whether to
grant bail
to a person
or otherwise release the person from
custody. (2) For subsection (1),
it is irrelevant whether
the offence in
relation to
which the
decision is
made happened,
or the proceeding for
the offence was
started, before
or after the
commencement. Page 86
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Schedule Bail Act
1980 Schedule Offences for
which bail must not be granted under section
14
or 14A sections 14 and 14A Offences defined
in— • Racing Integrity Act 2016
,
sections 221, 223 and 225 • Transport
Operations (Road
Use Management) Act
1995 ,
section 79. Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 87