Bail Amendment Act 1993 (Qld)

Queensland BAIL AMENDMENT ACT 1993 Act No. 34 of 1993

Queensland BAIL AMENDMENT ACT 1993 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Insertion of new s.10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10A No court fee payable for making application to Supreme Court . . . 4 4 Replacement of s.13 (Bail in cases of charges of serious offences) . . . . . . 4 13 When only the Supreme Court may grant bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s.16 (Refusal of bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of s.20 (Undertaking as to bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MINOR AMENDMENTS

Queensland Bail Amendment Act 1993 Act No. 34 of 1993 An Act to amend the Bail Act 1980 [Assented to 23 July 1993]

4 Bail Amendment The Parliament of Queensland enacts— No. 34, 1993 ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Bail Amendment Act 1993 . ˙ Amended Act 2. The Bail Act 1980 is amended as set out in this Act. ˙ Insertion of new s.10A 3. After section 10— insert— ˙ ‘No court fee payable for making application to Supreme Court ‘10A. No fee is payable to an office of the Supreme Court for the making of an application for bail to the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Court. ’. ˙ Replacement of s.13 (Bail in cases of charges of serious offences) 4. Section 13— omit, insert— ˙ ‘When only the Supreme Court may grant bail ‘13. Only the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Supreme Court may grant bail to a person charged with an offence under the Criminal Code if, on conviction, the sentencing court will have to decide which of the following sentences to impose on the person— (a) imprisonment for life, which cannot be mitigated or varied under the Criminal Code or any other law; (b) an indefinite sentence under Part 10 of the PenaltiesandSentences Act 1992 . ’.

5 Bail Amendment No. 34, 1993 ˙ Amendment of s.16 (Refusal of bail) 5. Section 16(3)(b)— omit, insert— ‘ (b) with an offence to which section 13 applies; or ’. ˙ Amendment of s.20 (Undertaking as to bail) 6. Section 20(3B)— omit ‘ pursuant to section 13(1) ’, insert ‘ under section 13 ’.

6 Bail Amendment No. 34, 1993 ¡ SCHEDULE MINOR AMENDMENTS section 2 1. Section 4— omit . 2. Section 5— omit . 3. Section 6(1)(definition ‘police force’)— omit . 4. Section 7 (heading)— omit ‘member of police force’, insert ‘police officer’. 5. Section 7— omit ‘ member of the police force ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 6. Section 8(5)— omit ‘ Court of Criminal Appeal ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ Court of Appeal ’.

7 Bail Amendment No. 34, 1993 SCHEDULE (continued) 7. Section 11(1) and (2)— omit ‘ member of the police force ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 8. Section 11(1)— omit ‘ member ’ (second occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 9. Section 11(2)— omit ‘ member ’ (second occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 10. Section 12 (Penalty)— omit, insert— ‘ Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. ’. 11. Section 14(1) to (3)— omit ‘ member of the police force ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 12. Section 14(1)— omit ‘ second schedule ’, insert ‘ Schedule ’. 13. Section 14A(1)— omit ‘ second schedule ’, insert ‘ Schedule ’. 14. Section 16(1)— omit ‘ member of the police force ’, insert ‘ police officer ’.

8 Bail Amendment No. 34, 1993 SCHEDULE (continued) 15. Section 16(1)— omit ‘ member ’ (second occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 16. Section 16(2) and (3)— omit ‘ member ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 17. Section 20(5) and (6)— omit ‘ member of the police force ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 18. Section 21(1)(c)— omit ‘ Services ’. 19. Section 24— omit ‘ Members of the police force ’, insert ‘ A police officer ’. 20. Section 26(1)(penalty)— omit, insert— ‘ Maximum penalty—17 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year. ’. 21. Section 28(3)(c)— omit ‘ members of the police force ’, insert ‘ police officers ’. 22. Section 28A(3)(c)— omit ‘ members of the police force ’, insert ‘ police officers ’.

9 Bail Amendment No. 34, 1993 SCHEDULE (continued) 23. Section 28B— omit ‘ member of the police force ’, insert ‘ police officer ’. 24. Section 29(1)— omit ‘ member of the police force ’, insert ‘ police officer ’. 25. Section 29(1)— omit ‘ member ’ (second and third occurring) , insert ‘ police officer ’. 26. Section 37— omit, insert— ‘Regulations ‘37. The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act. ‘Existing regulations ‘38. A regulation in force under this Act immediately before the commencement of this section continues to have effect, after the commencement, as if it had been made under this Act as in force immediately after the commencement. ’. 27. First schedule— omit . 28. Second schedule (heading ‘SECOND SCHEDULE’)— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE’.

10 Bail Amendment No. 34, 1993 The State of Queensland 1993