12—Amendment of section 11—Conditions of bail
(1) Section 11—after subsection (2) insert:
(2aa) If the applicant is a serious and organised crime suspect, any grant of bail to the applicant—
(a) must be made subject to the following conditions:
(i) a condition that the applicant agree to reside at a specified address and to remain at that place of residence while on bail, not leaving it except for 1 of the following purposes:
(A) necessary medical or dental treatment for the applicant;
(B) averting or minimising a serious risk of death or injury (whether to the applicant or some other person);
(C) any other purpose approved by the Chief Executive Officer;
(ii) a condition that the applicant agree to be fitted with a device of a kind approved by the Chief Executive Officer for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the condition referred to in subparagraph (i) and to comply with all reasonable directions of the Chief Executive Officer in relation to the device;
(iii) a condition that the applicant agree to not communicate with any person other than specified persons, or persons of a specified class or of a class prescribed by regulation;
(iv) a condition that the applicant agree to only use for communication purposes, or be in possession of, such telephones, mobile phones, computers or other communication devices as may be specified; and
(b) may not be made subject to the condition referred to in subsection (2)(a)(ia) (but the bail authority may, subject to this section, impose any other condition referred to in subsection (2)).
(2) Section 11(3a)—delete subsection (3a) and substitute:
(3a) Before a bail authority imposes a condition under subsection (2)(a)(ia) or (2aa)(a)(i), the bail authority should obtain a report (whether oral or in writing) from the Crown on—
(a) in the case of a condition under subsection (2)(a)(ia)—the appropriateness of such a condition being imposed in the applicant's case; or
(b) in the case of a condition under subsection (2aa)(a)(i)—whether the place of residence proposed to be specified in the condition is appropriate in the applicant's case.