Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 53

53 Granting of bail by audio visual link or audio link

(1) A court may allow anything that must or may be done in relation to the granting of bail to a child to be done over an audio visual link or audio link if the child agrees to the use of the link and the court is satisfied the child has had an opportunity to obtain independent legal advice.

(2) The provisions of the Evidence Act 1977 relating to the use of an audio visual link or audio link in criminal proceedings apply for, and are not limited by, subsection (1) .