New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1978 - SECT 54A

54A Special notice where accused person remains in custody after bail granted

(1) This section applies to a person who has been granted bail but who has remained in custody since bail was granted because a condition of the bail has not been complied with.

(2) The governor of the prison or the person in charge of the lock-up or police station where a person to whom this section applies is in custody shall give or cause to be given to an appropriate court notice that the person is still in custody because of a failure to meet a bail condition.

(3) An appropriate court is a court authorised to conduct a bail condition review in relation to the bail of its own motion, as referred to in section 48A.

(4) The notice must be given to an appropriate court before the expiration of 8 days after the person is received into custody.

(5) A notice under this section is required to be given only once in respect of any particular grant of bail.

(6) The regulations may make provision for the form of a notice under this section and for the information to accompany the notice.