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Bail Act 1992
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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.