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Bail Act 1992
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10 Dispensing with bail
(1) A court that may grant bail to an accused person may instead dispense
with the requirement for bail.
(2) In deciding whether to release an accused person from custody
without requiring bail, a court may have regard to any information
that appears to the court to be relevant and reliable.
(3) If, during an appearance by an accused person before a court, no
specific order or direction is made by the court in relation to bail, the
court is taken to have dispensed with the requirement for bail.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if, under section 33 (3), the court is
taken to have continued bail.
(5) A court must not dispense with the requirement for bail for an accused
person to whom either of the following sections apply unless satisfied
that special or exceptional circumstances exist justifying dispensing
with the requirement:
(a) section 9D (Bail for serious offence committed while charge for
another pending or outstanding);
(b) section 9E (Bail for person sentenced to imprisonment).