14Bail authority to notify informant of bail decision for domestic violence offence

14 Bail authority to notify informant of bail decision for domestic violence offence

14 Bail authority to notify informant of bail decision for domestic violence offence

(1) A bail authority that grants or refuses bail for a domestic violence offence must immediately give notice of the bail decision to the informant, unless the informant is a police officer.

(2) The notice may be given personally or by post.

(3) The notice must contain the information referred to in section 5.

(4) A notice given of a decision to grant bail must specify the bail conditions.

(5) In this section—

informant includes a protected person within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.