Western Australia
Bail Amendment Act 1998
(No. 54 of 1998)
CONTENTS
Part 1 — Preliminary
| 1 . | Short title | 2 |
| 2 . | Commencement | 2 |
| 3 . | The Act amended | 2 |
Part 2 — Amendments to restrict bail powers to
a court or a Judge in certain cases
| 4 . | Section 3 amended | 3 |
| 5 . | Section 6 amended | 3 |
| 6 . | Section 16A inserted and transitional provision | 4 |
Part 3 — Amendment to extend Schedule 1, Part C, clause 3A, to persons on parole etc.
| 7 . | Schedule 1 amended | 6 |
Bail Amendment Act 1998
Contents
Part 4 — Insertion of another matter to be
considered in making the decision to grant or
refuse bail
| 8 . | Schedule 1 amended | 7 |
Part 5 — Amendments relating to the
imposition of bail conditions
| 9 . | Section 51 amended | 8 |
| 10 . | Section 52 amended | 8 |
| 11 . | Section 57 amended | 9 |
| 12 . | Schedule 1, clause 2, amended | 9 |
Part 6 — Amendments relating to defendants
who, while on bail for a serious offence, commit
another serious offence that constitutes a
breach of a restraining order or a protective
bail condition
| 13 . | Schedule 1 amended | 11 |
Part 7 — Amendments to include further offences in the definition of serious offence
| 14 . | Section 3 amended | 15 |
| 15 . | Schedule 2 amended | 15 |
| Western Australia |
Bail Amendment Act 1998
No. 54 of 1998
An Act to amend the Bail Act 1982.
[Assented to 11 January 1999.]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
Bail Amendment Act 1998
| Part 1 | Preliminary |
| s. 1 |
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Bail Amendment Act 1998.
2. Commencement
| This Act comes into operation on such day as is, or days as are respectively, fixed by proclamation. |
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the Bail Act 1982*.
[* Reprinted as at 13 March 1997.
Amended by Acts Nos. 2 and 69 of 1996 and 57 of 1997.]
Bail Amendment Act 1998
| Amendments to restrict bail powers to a court or a Judge in | Part 2 |
certain cases
s. 4
Part 2 — Amendments to restrict bail powers to a court or a Judge in certain cases
4. Section 3 amended
| Section 3(1) is amended by inserting after the definition of “defendant” the following definition — |
| “ |
“early release order” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Sentence Administration Act 1995;
”.
5. Section 6 amended
| (1) | Section 6(2) is amended by deleting “subsection (3)” and inserting instead — |
| “ subsections (3) and (3a) ”. | |
| (2) | After section 6(3) the following subsection is inserted — |
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| (3a) | Where section 16A applies, the police officer or other person who arrests a person for an offence shall as soon as is practicable bring the defendant, or cause the defendant to be brought, before a court or Judge mentioned in subsection (1) of that section for the purpose of… |