South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (BAIL AUTHORITIES) ACT 2020 (NO 15 OF 2020) - SECT 5

5—Amendment of section 6—Nature of bail agreement

Section 6(4) and (5)—delete subsections (4) and (5) and substitute:

        (4)         Despite the provisions of any other Act, a bail authority may for any sufficient reason—

            (a)         on the application of a person on bail or the Crown, or on its own initiative—

                  (i)         vary the conditions of a bail agreement; or

                  (ii)         revoke a bail agreement and, if it is necessary to do so, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person who was released under the agreement; or

            (b)         on the application of the Crown, or on its own initiative—issue a warrant for the arrest of a person who was released under a bail agreement.

        (5)         On the arrest of a person to whom subsection (4)(b)

applies, the bail agreement of that person is taken to be revoked.

        (6)         Subsection (5)

ceases to apply to the person arrested if that person is later released unconditionally.

        (7)         A warrant for the arrest of a person under subsection (4)(a)(ii)

or (4)(b)

cannot be issued by a police officer.