Hon Tjorn Sibma asks about notifications under clause 3AB of the Bail Amendment Act 2022. The Attorney General responds that no such notification requirement exists in the Act and data on the obligation to inform judicial officers is not collected.

AnsweredQoN 1735Legislative Council
Asked
7 November 2023
Portfolio
Attorney General

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With regards to the Bail Amendment Act 2022 , I ask: (a) how many notifications have been made under clause 3AB of the Bail Amendment Act 2022 ; and (b) have these notifications been communicated to bail decision makers in all instances?

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Answered
27 February 2024
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General
Response time
10 days
(a)-(b) Clause 3AB of Schedule 1 of the Bail Act 1982 does not contain any requirement for a ‘notification’. Where the clause applies, it obliges a prosecutor to inform the judicial officer or authorised officer about the matters specified in the clause. No data is kept which identifies the number of times such an obligation has arisen, and as such, an answer cannot be provided.

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