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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.52Conditions of release on bail—generally
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### sec.52 Conditions of release on bail—generally
This section applies if a court or police officer decides to grant bail to a child who is being held in custody in connection with a charge of an offence.
The court or officer must release the child on the child’s own undertaking, without sureties and without deposit of money or other security, unless the court or officer is satisfied it would be inappropriate in all the circumstances.
If the court or officer does not release the child under subsection (2) , the court or officer must consider the conditions for the release of the child on bail in the following sequence—
the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value;
the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a surety or sureties of stated value;
the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value and a surety or sureties of stated value.
s 52 ins 2002 No. 39 s 16
amd 2009 No. 34 s 13 ; 2019 No. 23 s 15
(sec.52-ssec.1) This section applies if a court or police officer decides to grant bail to a child who is being held in custody in connection with a charge of an offence.
(sec.52-ssec.2) The court or officer must release the child on the child’s own undertaking, without sureties and without deposit of money or other security, unless the court or officer is satisfied it would be inappropriate in all the circumstances.
(sec.52-ssec.3) If the court or officer does not release the child under subsection (2) , the court or officer must consider the conditions for the release of the child on bail in the following sequence— the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value; the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a surety or sureties of stated value; the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value and a surety or sureties of stated value.
- (a) the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value;
- (b) the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a surety or sureties of stated value;
- (c) the release of the child on the child’s own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value and a surety or sureties of stated value.