Bail Act 1982

In this section —

legal argument is being heard; or

a judicial officer or a jury is deliberating.

Where —

an accused has been granted bail for the accused’s appearance for trial for an offence; and

the trial extends beyond one day,

add any condition to the extent that is —

authorised by Schedule 1 Part D clause 2 or 3; or

required by Schedule 1 Part E clause 1;

vary a condition to that extent;

cancel a condition.

A judicial officer who adds, varies or cancels a condition under subsection (2) shall cause an officer of the court —

to endorse the amendment on the accused’s copy of the bail undertaking or, if that copy is not available for endorsement, to give written notice of the amendment to the accused; and

to endorse on a file copy of the undertaking a certificate as to the amendment and the action taken under paragraph (a).

If the judicial officer considers that the amendment is of a minor nature, the judicial officer may, for the purposes of section 44(4), cause the officer of the court to include a statement to that effect in the endorsement or notice under subsection (3)(a) and the certificate under subsection (3)(b).

When action is taken under subsection (3)(a) —

the bail undertaking is to be regarded as having been amended as provided in the endorsement or notice, as the case requires; and

the terms and conditions of the bail undertaking continue to apply as so amended as if the accused had entered into the bail undertaking in that form.

In any proceedings an endorsement on a copy of a bail undertaking referred to in subsection (3)(b) purporting to be a certificate referred to in that paragraph is evidence of the matters appearing in it without proof of the signature of the person who made the endorsement.