Bail Act 1992

A court that may grant bail to an accused person may instead dispense with the requirement for bail.

In deciding whether to release an accused person from custody without requiring bail, a court may have regard to any information that appears to the court to be relevant and reliable.

If, during an appearance by an accused person before a court, no specific order or direction is made by the court in relation to bail, the court is taken to have dispensed with the requirement for bail.

Subsection (3) does not apply if, under section 33 (3), the court is taken to have continued bail.

A court must not dispense with the requirement for bail for an accused person to whom either of the following sections apply unless satisfied that special or exceptional circumstances exist justifying dispensing with the requirement:

section 9D (Bail for serious offence committed while charge for another pending or outstanding);

section 9E (Bail for person sentenced to imprisonment).