Victorian Current Acts

BAIL ACT 1977 - SECT 17B

S. 17B(1) amended by No. 28/2023 s. 98(1)(a).

    (1)     Without limiting how a parent of a child or some other person (the undertaking person ) may give an undertaking under section 16B, the requirements for an undertaking person to give an undertaking are satisfied if—

        (a)     the bail decision maker, or another authorised person, sends a copy of the undertaking and a copy of the section 17 notice to the undertaking person by electronic communication; and

        (b)     the undertaking person, by return electronic communication to the bail decision maker or authorised person, signs the undertaking by electronic signature; and

        (c)     on receipt of the electronic communication from the undertaking person, the bail decision maker or authorised person—

S. 17B(1)(c)(i) amended by No. 28/2023 s. 98(1)(b).

              (i)     makes a note on the undertaking that the undertaking has been given by the undertaking person by electronic signature; and

              (ii)     makes a note on the undertaking stating the bail decision maker's or authorised person's name and position; and

              (iii)     attaches a copy of the electronic communication from the undertaking person to the annotated undertaking.

S. 17B(2) amended by No. 28/2023 s. 98(2).

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), if an undertaking is given in accordance with subsection (1), the annotated undertaking with the attached electronic communication from the undertaking person constitutes the undertaking.

S. 17B(3) amended by No. 28/2023 ss 52, 98(2).

    (3)     If an undertaking given in accordance with subsection (1) is in respect of a grant of bail that is subject to a condition that requires one or more bail guarantees and each bail guarantor signs the annotated undertaking, the undertaking is constituted by the annotated undertaking with the attached electronic communication from the undertaking person.

S. 17B(4) amended by No. 28/2023 s. 98(2).

    (4)     If an undertaking is given in accordance with this section, the bail decision maker or authorised person, without delay, must cause a copy of the undertaking and the section 17 notice to be sent to the undertaking person by electronic communication or post.

    (5)     In this section—

"authorised person" has the same meaning as in section 17A(5).

Pt 3 (Heading) inserted by No. 70/2010 s. 14.

Part 3—Further application for bail,
variation of bail conditions, revocation of bail

S. 18 amended by Nos 9158 s. 4, 16/1986
s. 30, 51/1989, s. 142(k)–(o), 57/1989
s. 4(1)(c), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 8.2), 84/1997
s. 7, 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. items 11.1, 11.17), substituted by No. 70/2010 s. 15.