Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Governor may
make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing such things as
are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or as it is necessary
or expedient to prescribe for the purposes thereof.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1) regulations may —
(a) make
provision for or with respect to the making of applications —
(i)
for or in relation to bail;
(ii)
for the approval of sureties;
(iii)
for the approval of security to be given by accused
persons and sureties;
(iv)
for the cancellation of a surety undertaking;
(v)
for an order under section 49,
and for the manner in
which such applications are to be made and the procedure to be followed on
such applications;
(ba) in
any case where the regulations provide that any information, document or
record, or a copy of any document or record, is to be or can be provided to a
person in electronic form, determine when information or a document, record or
copy provided to a person in that form is to be taken to be, or to be presumed
to be, received by, or brought to the attention of, the person;
(b) for
the purposes of clause 5 of Part A of Schedule 1, prescribe the officer or
officers who may grant bail for any prescribed appearance or class of
appearance in court by an accused who is in custody;
(c) make
provision for, or with respect to the management, control, supervision and
good order of premises established for the accommodation of persons to whom
bail has been granted.
(3) Regulations made
under this section may provide that a contravention or failure to comply with
a regulation constitutes an offence and may provide for penalties not
exceeding a fine of $500 for offences against the regulations.
[Section 67 amended: No. 45 of 1993 s. 12; No. 84
of 2004 s. 83(3); No. 2 of 2008 s. 56(6); No. 6 of 2008 s. 30(3); No. 20 of
2013 s. 31.]