Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 943

943 Failure to comply with conditions

(1) The enforcement officer or a surety may, without a warrant, arrest a defendant who has been conditionally released from custody by the court under rule 942 if the enforcement officer or surety reasonably suspects that the defendant has failed or will fail to comply with a condition of the defendant’s release.

(2) If the defendant is arrested under subrule (1) by the enforcement officer, the enforcement officer must, as soon as practicable after the arrest, take the defendant to the nearest prison.

(3) If the defendant is arrested under subrule (1) by a surety, the surety must, as soon as practicable after the arrest, take the defendant to the enforcement officer who must take the defendant to the nearest prison as soon as practicable.

(4) The person in charge of the prison must hold the defendant in custody and within 24 hours, or as soon as practicable afterwards, bring the defendant before the court.

(5) If the court is satisfied that the defendant has failed to comply or is about to fail to comply with a condition of the defendant’s release, the court may—

(a) revoke the order under which the defendant was released; and

(b) make any order that it could make under rule 942 .