24Bail

24 Bail

24 Bail

(1) An order by a Judge of the Local Court under section 19(a) or (b) in relation to an offence is, for the purposes of the Bail Act 2013, taken to be a decision to dispense with bail for the offence.

(2) An order under section 19(b) that a defendant be brought back before a Judge of the Local Court may be satisfied by taking the defendant to an appropriate police officer for the making of a bail decision in respect of the defendant.

(3) An appropriate police officer may make a bail decision in respect of a defendant brought before the appropriate police officer under this section (despite section 43(3) of the Bail Act 2013).

(4) In this section—

appropriate police officer means a police officer who may make a bail decision under the Bail Act 2013 in respect of a person accused of an offence who is present at a police station.

s 24: Am 2025 No 61, Schs 2.64[2], 3.11[2] [5] [6].