New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1978 - SECT 9D

9D Repeat offenders-serious personal violence offences

(1) An authorised officer or court is not to grant bail to a person in respect of a serious personal violence offence if the person is a repeat offender unless the authorised officer or court is satisfied that exceptional circumstances justify the grant of bail.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person is a "repeat offender" if the authorised officer or court is satisfied that the person has a previous conviction for a serious personal violence offence (other than the serious personal violence offence in connection with which bail is sought).

(3) Sections 8C, 8E and 9 do not apply in respect of a grant of bail to a person in respect of a serious personal violence offence if this section applies to the person.

(4) In this section:
"serious personal violence offence" means:

(a) an offence under, or mentioned in, section 19A, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 33A, 35 (1) or (3), 37, 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 61B, 61C, 61D, 61I, 61J, 61JA, 61K, 61M, 63, 65, 66A, 66B, 66C, 66D, 66EA, 66F, 67, 68, 71, 73, 78H, 78I, 78K, 78N, 80A, 85A, 86, 87, 90A, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98, 103, 110, 195 (1) (b) or (2) (b), 196 (1) (b) or (2) (b) or 198 of the Crimes Act 1900 , or

(b) an offence under section 79, 106, 107, 109, 111, 112 or 113 of the Crimes Act 1900 if the circumstances of the offence involve an act of actual or threatened violence against a person, or

(c) an offence of attempting to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), or

(d) an offence under the law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory or of another country that is similar to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).