Bail Act 1994
22Oral application for bail
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22 Oral application for bail
(1) A person who is charged with an offence or breach of duty or in respect of whom an application for a restraint order has been made may, on any occasion when he or she appears before the Supreme Court or a justice pursuant to an order of remand, an order of adjournment or on arrest under section 10 , apply orally –
(a) to be admitted to bail; or
(b) for a variation of a bail order to which he or she is subject.
(2) Subsection (1) does not entitle a person to make an application for bail before a justice if he or she is in custody as a result of an arrest under section 10 arising from a breach, or a suspected breach, of an order for bail made by the Supreme Court.