Bail Act 2000

Miscellaneous provisions

73: Rules relating to practice and procedure of courts

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"Courts must follow special rules when making bail decisions"

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The Governor-General can make rules about what courts do when dealing with bail. You need to follow these rules when a court is making decisions about bail. The Governor-General's rules are like instructions that courts must follow. The courts will keep doing what they normally do about bail until the Governor-General makes new rules. If the Governor-General makes new rules, the courts will follow those instead. The new rules are called secondary legislation, which means they are made under a law, and you can find out more about this in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. These rules help courts make decisions about bail in a fair and consistent way. They are important because they help keep the process of dealing with bail the same for everyone. The rules are made to support the laws about bail in New Zealand.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions

73Rules relating to practice and procedure of courts

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make rules regulating the practice and procedure of any court in proceedings under this Act.

  2. Until rules are made under this section, or if they are made so far as they do not extend, the existing practice and procedure in New Zealand in relation to bail is not affected as far as it is not altered by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

  3. Rules under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 73 heading: replaced, on , by section 10 of the Bail (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 83).
  • Section 73(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).