New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 16

16 Flow charts--key features of bail decisions

(1) The flow charts illustrate the key features of bail decisions under this Act.

(2) Flow Chart 1 illustrates the show cause requirement (set out in Division 1A), which applies only to show cause offences.

(3) Flow Chart 2 illustrates the unacceptable risk test (set out in Division 2) as it applies to all offences, other than offences for which there is a right to release.

(4) In the flow charts--

"conditional release" means a decision to grant bail with the imposition of bail conditions.

"unconditional release" means a decision--

(a) to release a person without bail, or

(b) to dispense with bail, or

(c) to grant bail without the imposition of bail conditions.

Flow Chart 1 Show cause requirement

Flow Chart 2 Unacceptable risk test