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Bail Act 1982
7Rights following grant of bail
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7 Rights following grant of bail
(1) When:
(a) bail is granted to an accused person in respect of an offence;
(b) the accused person enters into the bail undertaking; and
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(c) if a bail condition or bail conditions are imposed, it or they are
entered into;
the accused person is, subject to this Act, entitled:
(d) to be released from custody and to remain at liberty in respect
of the offence; or
(e) to be released from the obligation to comply with a
non-custodial order in respect of the offence;
until the accused person is required to appear before a court in
accordance with the bail undertaking.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an accused person while the
accused person is also in custody or the subject of a non-custodial
order for some other offence or reason in respect of which he is not
entitled (whether under this Act or otherwise) to be at liberty or
released.