Queensland Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1980 - SECT 27

27 Notice of trial

(1) Where a defendant who has been committed for trial is on bail to appear at the trial and it is intended to present an indictment against the defendant the director of public prosecutions or, as the case may be, deputy director of public prosecutions or a person duly authorised by the director or deputy director in writing in that behalf, either generally or in a particular case, shall cause notice to be given to the defendant or the defendant’s solicitor and to each of the defendant’s sureties (if any) advising of the time when and the place where the indictment will be presented.

(2) The notice shall be given a reasonable time before the date fixed for the presentation of the indictment having regard to all the circumstances and it may be oral or written save when it is given to a defendant in which case it shall be written.

(3) The notice shall state whether it is intended to ask the court to proceed with the trial upon the presentation of the indictment or adjourn the trial.

(4) Where the trial is to be adjourned the defendant need not appear personally before the court when an indictment is presented against the defendant provided the defendant is represented by the defendant’s lawyer.