Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a court or police officer decides to grant bail to a child who is being held in custody in connection with a charge of an offence.
(2) The court or officer must release the child on the child's own undertaking, without sureties and without deposit of money or other security, unless the court or officer is satisfied it would be inappropriate in all the circumstances.
(3) If the court or officer does not release the child under subsection (2), the court or officer must consider the conditions for the release of the child on bail in the following sequence--
(a) the release of the child on the child's own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value;
(b) the release of the child on the child's own undertaking with a surety or sureties of stated value;
(c) the release of the child on the child's own undertaking with a deposit of money or other security of stated value and a surety or sureties of stated value.
(4) The court or officer may impose other conditions on the grant of bail including, for example, conditions necessary for ensuring the matters mentioned in section 48(2) are appropriately addressed.
(5) Any conditions imposed on the grant of bail--
(a) must not be more onerous than the court or officer considers necessary in all the circumstances; and
(b) must be supported by the court's or officer's written reasons.
(6) Subsection (5)(b) does not apply to a condition about--
(a) attending court or surrendering into custody; or
(b) reporting to police or the chief executive; or
(c) where, or with whom, the child lives.