Bail Act 1992
37Payment of amounts to Territory
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37 Payment of amounts to Territory (a) a person granted bail fails to appear in court in accordance with his or her undertaking; and (b) a bail condition mentioned in section 25 (1) (b) or (c) requires the person or someone else (the person required to pay) to pay, or forfeit, an amount to the Territory if the person fails to appear. (2) If the amount has been deposited in accordance with a condition mentioned in section 25 (1) (c), the amount is forfeited to the Territory. (3) If the amount has not been deposited, the court may order the person required to pay to pay the amount to the Territory. (4) Notice of the order must be given to the person required to pay as soon as practicable. Note For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5. (5) If, after the end of 28 days after the day the notice is given, the amount has not been paid the amount may be recovered under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, chapter 6A (Court imposed fines) as if it were a fine within the meaning of that chapter. (6) Subsection (5) applies to an amount even if the amount exceeds $50 000.
Division 6.1 Review of decisions by authorised officers Division 6.1 Review of decisions by authorised officers 38 Review by authorised officers (1) If an authorised officer makes a decision under part 4 in relation to bail for an accused person that is— (a) a decision to refuse to grant bail to the accused person; or (b) a decision to grant bail to the accused person subject to 1 or more bail conditions; the accused person may request a review of that decision by the authorised officer who made the decision or any other authorised officer. (2) If an application for a review of a bail decision is made to an authorised officer under subsection (1), the authorised officer must as soon as possible conduct a review of the decision.