Queensland Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1980 - SECT 34C

34C Access to court files by representative of community justice group in defendant’s community

(1) This section applies if a defendant is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

(2) A representative of the community justice group in the defendant’s community may inspect a court file, or a document in a court file, or obtain a copy of information from a court file or document, that may be relevant to making a submission about the defendant under section 15 (1) (f) or 16 (2) (e) .

(3) However, subsection (2) applies only if the court directs that the information be made available or given to the representative.

(4) The court may make the direction whether or not the representative has made an application to the court for the direction.

(5) In deciding whether to direct that information be made available or given to the representative, the court may have regard to the following—

(a) whether the representative would otherwise have access to the information;

(b) whether the defendant consents to the information being made available or given to the representative.

(6) Subsection (5) does not limit the matters to which the court may have regard.