Western Australian Current Acts

BAIL ACT 1982 - SECT 21

21 .         Parties to bail proceedings

        (1)         The parties to proceedings on a case for bail are the prosecutor and the accused and, subject to subsection (2), no other person shall be a party to, or be represented at, the proceedings.

        (2)         Nothing in subsection (1) affects the right of —

            (a)         the Attorney General to apply for leave, or be an appellant, under Part 2 of the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 ; or

            (b)         the Director of Public Prosecutions or the State Solicitor to receive notice and be heard under section 7F(2); or

            (c)         an officer referred to in section 33 of the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 to be present at and participate in proceedings concerning a child under that section.

        [Section 21 amended: No. 15 of 1988 s. 9; No. 49 of 1988 s. 84; No. 33 of 1989 s. 18; No. 31 of 1993 s. 7; No. 65 of 2003 s. 88(3); No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of 2004 s. 11 and 82; No. 6 of 2008 s. 9(3).]