Bail Act 1992

An authorised officer who is required to consider whether to grant bail to an accused person must as soon as reasonably practicable—

give—

the accused person or a lawyer representing the accused person; and

any police officer involved in the investigation of the offence with which the accused person is charged;

having regard to those submissions, to the applicable bail criteria and to any other available information that the authorised officer considers relevant and reliable, decide whether the person should be granted bail.

If the authorised officer is satisfied, having regard to the applicable bail criteria, that—

it is appropriate to release the person on the person giving an undertaking to appear; and

it is not necessary to impose a bail condition;

If the authorised officer is satisfied, having regard to the applicable bail criteria, that it is not appropriate to grant bail to the accused person without imposing a condition, the authorised officer must, having regard to—

the conditions that may be imposed in granting bail to a person; and

the extent to which the imposition of 1 or more bail conditions would be appropriate having regard to the matters mentioned in whichever of section 9F (2), section 22 or section 23 applies to the making of a decision regarding the granting of bail to the accused person;