Victorian Current Acts

BAIL ACT 1977 - SECT 18AA

    (1)     A court must not hear an application under section 18 unless—

S. 18AA(1)(aa) inserted by No. 28/2023 s. 115.

        (aa)     the application is the first or second instance of the applicant applying to a court for bail (whether under section 18 or otherwise) since being taken into custody; or

        (a)     the applicant satisfies the court that new facts or circumstances have arisen since the refusal or revocation of bail; or

        (b)     the applicant was not represented by a legal practitioner when bail was refused or revoked; or

        (c)     the order refusing or revoking bail was made by a bail justice.

    (2)     Nothing in this section derogates from the right of a person in custody to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.

S. 18AB inserted by No. 70/2010 s. 15.