New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 73

73 Discretionary grounds to refuse to hear bail application

(1) A court may refuse to hear a bail application if satisfied that--

(a) the application is frivolous or vexatious, or

(b) the application is without substance or otherwise has no reasonable prospect of success.

(2) A court (other than the Local Court) may refuse to hear a bail application if satisfied that the application could be dealt with as a variation application by the Local Court or an authorised justice.

(3) This section does not apply to a release application or a variation application made by an accused person on a first appearance in substantive proceedings for the offence.