(1) The Bail Act 1977 applies to and in respect of a respondent to an application for a family violence intervention order arrested under a warrant as if the respondent were an accused person charged with an offence to whom section 4 of the Bail Act 1977 applies.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the appropriate person must—
(a) advise the affected family member of the outcome of the application for bail; and
(b) if bail is granted—
S. 52(2)(b)(i) amended by No. 70/2010 s. 38.
(i) advise the affected family member of any conditions imposed on the respondent that are intended to protect the affected family member; and
(ii) give the affected family member a copy of the undertaking of bail.
S. 52(3) substituted by No. 53/2010 s. 199.
(3) In subsection (2)—
"appropriate person "means—
(a) if the application for bail is considered by a court (other than a bail justice), the appropriate registrar of the court; and
(b) if the application for bail is considered by a bail justice or a police officer, the police officer.
Division 2—Interim orders
S. 52A inserted by No. 19/2017 s. 5.