The condition in s 22B(1) of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) that a convicted person 'will be sentenced to imprisonment to be served by full-time detention' requires the bail authority to be satisfied that full-time imprisonment is realistically inevitable, not merely likely or probable. The balance of probabilities is not the relevant standard. Deference should be given to the trial judge's expressed view as to the likely disposition of sentence. The bail authority should not conduct a pseudo or abridged sentencing hearing.
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