Video link or audio link, use of in bail proceedings
66B Video link or audio link, use of in bail proceedings
In this section —
audio link means facilities (including telephone) that enable, at the same time, a judicial officer or authorised officer at one place to hear the accused at another place and vice versa;
bail proceedings means any proceedings under this Act including —
proceedings on a case for bail;
proceedings relating to the variation or revocation of bail;
proceedings on an application under section 48 or 49;
proceedings on an appeal under section 15A or 53;
video link means facilities (including closed circuit television) that enable, at the same time, a judicial officer or authorised officer at one place to see and hear the accused at another place and vice versa.
Bail proceedings may be conducted by means of a video link or an audio link.
Without limiting subsection (2), if a provision of this Act requires or authorises an accused to be brought before, or appear before, a court, judicial officer or authorised officer, the accused may be brought before, or appear before, the court or officer by means of a video link or an audio link.
An audio link is not to be used under this section unless a video link is not available and cannot reasonably be made available.
Nothing in this section prevents a court, judicial officer or authorised officer from requiring that an accused be brought before, or appear before, the court or officer in person for the purposes of bail proceedings.
[Section 66B inserted: No. 6 of 2008 s. 40(1).]
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