Bail Act 2000

Court bail - Granting of bail on adjournment - Electronic monitoring condition

30MA: Court must specify authorisation’s purpose or purposes

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"The court must say why you can leave your electronic monitoring address."

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When a court lets you leave your electronic monitoring address, it must say why you can leave. The court does this when it uses section 30M of the Bail Act. The court tells you the reason or reasons you are allowed to be away from your electronic monitoring address.

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Part 3Court bail
Granting of bail on adjournment: Electronic monitoring condition

30MACourt must specify authorisation’s purpose or purposes

  1. In authorising a defendant to be absent from the EM address under section 30M, the court must specify the purpose or purposes for which the defendant may be absent.

Notes
  • Section 30MA: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Bail (Electronic Monitoring) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 7).