Victorian Numbered Acts

BAIL AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 70 OF 2010) - SECT 4

See:
Act No. 9008.
Reprint No. 9
as at
23 April 2007
and amending
Act Nos
97/2005, 52/2008, 68/2008, 68/2009, 69/2009 and 13/2010.
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    (1)     In section 3 of the Bail Act 1977 insert the following definition—

""Aboriginal person" means a person who—

        (a)     is descended from an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander; and

        (b)     identifies as an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander; and

        (c)         is accepted as an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island community;".

    (2)     In section 3 of the Bail Act 1977 , in the definition of "bail justice"—

        (a)     in paragraph (a), for "section 120" substitute "section 120A or 120C"; and

        (b)     after paragraph (a) insert —

    "(ab)     acting bail justice appointed under section 120E of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 ; or".