South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The Supreme Court
and the District Court must make rules for expediting prescribed proceedings
and, if there has been a determination by a bail authority under the
Bail Act 1985 that the defendant in such proceedings is a serious and
organised crime suspect, the trial of the matter must be commenced within the
period of 6 months after the making of that determination, unless the
determination ceases to apply or the court determines—
(a) on
its own initiative, that it is not reasonably practicable for the court to
deal with the matter within that period; or
(b) on
application by the Director of Public Prosecutions or the defendant, that
exceptional circumstances exist that justify the matter being set down for
trial at a later date.
(2) In this
section—
"prescribed proceedings" means proceedings for—
(a) an
alleged serious and organised crime offence; or
(b) an
offence joined in the same information as an alleged serious and organised
crime offence,
where the proceedings have been instituted in a superior court by the Director
of Public Prosecutions laying an information ex officio in accordance with
section 103.