Review of the Bail Act - Final Report
The final report of the Commission's Review of the Bail Act was launched in October 2007. The report makes 157 recommendations to ensure the Act operates clearly, simply and fairly.
The major recommendations of the report include:
- a plain English rewrite of the Bail Act
- greater consideration of victims' safety and welfare
- streamlining the bail decision-making process.
The entire report, and individual chapters, can be downloaded below. Print versions of the report can be sent free within Victoria. To request a print version please call (03) 8619 8619 or email law.reform@lawreform.vic.gov.au.
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- Review of the Bail Act - Final Report (PDF 4.05MB)
Preface, Summary and Recommendations (670KB)- Chapter 1: Introduction (340KB)
- Chapter 2: New Bail Act (453KB)
- Chapter 3: Simplifying the Tests for Bail (496KB)
- Chapter 4: Police and Bail (510KB)
- Chapter 5: After-hours Bail Decisions (505KB)
- Chapter 6: Bail Decisions by Courts (503KB)
- Chapter 7: Bail Conditions (435KB)
- Chapter 8: Surety for Bail (472KB)
- Chapter 9: Children and Young People (514KB)
- Chapter 10: Indigenous Australians (534KB)
- Chapter 11: Marginalised Groups (612KB)
- Appendices, Index and Glossary (235KB)
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| Place of Publication: | Victoria |
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| Publisher: | Victorian Law Reform Commission |
| Date of Publication: | 2007 |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Copyright: | Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2007 |