(ii) provides the court or authorised justice with a copy of the
written approval of an authorised officer or the Director of Public
Prosecutions to make a detention application to the Supreme Court if bail is
granted or dispensed with.
(2) The stay of the decision has effect until one
of the following occurs (whichever happens first)--
(b) a police
officer or some other person acting on behalf of the Crown files with the
Supreme Court, or such other court as may be prescribed by the regulations,
notice that the Crown does not intend to proceed with the
detention application,
(c) 4pm on the day that is 3 business days after the
day on which the decision was made.
(3) A bail decision does not entitle a
person to be at liberty while the decision is stayed.
(4) A
detention application made to the Supreme Court when a decision is stayed
under this section is to be dealt with as expeditiously as possible.
(5) In
this section--
"authorised officer" means the Commissioner of Police or a member of the NSW
Police Force authorised by the Commissioner of Police to exercise the
functions of an authorised officer under this section.
"business day" means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public
holiday throughout New South Wales.
"serious offence" means--
(a) the offence of murder or any other offence
punishable by imprisonment for life, or
(b) an offence under or mentioned in
a provision of Part 3 of the Crimes Act 1900involving sexual intercourse, or
an attempt to have sexual intercourse, with a person under the age of 16
years.
