South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (BAIL AUTHORITIES) ACT 2020 (NO 15 OF 2020) - SECT 7

7—Amendment of section 18—Arrest of eligible person on non-compliance with bail agreement

        (1)         Section 18(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         If it appears to a court or justice that a person released on bail has contravened or failed to comply with a term or condition of a bail agreement, it may, if it appears necessary or desirable to do so, issue a warrant for the person's arrest.

        (2)         Section 18—after subsection (3) insert:

        (4)         On the arrest of a person to whom this section applies, the bail agreement of that person is taken to be revoked.

        (5)         Subsection (4)

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