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BAIL AMENDMENT (SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES) BILL 2006

Serial 72
Bail Amendment (Serious Sexual Offences) Bill 2006
Mrs Braham

A BILL
for

AN ACT
to amend the Bail Act

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2006

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AN ACT

[Assented to [ ] 2006]

[Second reading [ ] 2006]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Bail Amendment (Serious Sexual Offences) Act 2006.

2. Act amended

This Act amends the Bail Act.

3. Amendment of section 3 (Interpretation)

Section 3(1)

insert (in alphabetical order)

"serious sexual offence" means an offence against section 127, 128, 130, 131A, 132, 134, 192 or 192B of the Criminal Code;

4. Amendment of section 7A (Presumption against bail for certain offences)

(1) After section 7A(1)(da)

insert

(db) a serious sexual offence;

(2) Section 7A(1)(e), after "murder"

insert

or a serious sexual offence

5. Amendment of section 8 (Presumption in favour of bail for certain offences)

Section 8(1)(aa)

omit

181, 192(3), (4), (6), (7) or (8)

substitute

181

6. New Part

After section 54

insert

PART X – TRANSITIONAL MATTERS FOR BAIL AMENDMENT (SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006

55. Application of Act to serious sexual offences

(1) Sections 7A and 8 apply in relation to the granting of bail to a person accused of committing a serious sexual offence even if the offence is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of the Bail Amendment (Serious Sexual Offences) Act 2006.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect a determination relating to bail for such an accused person made before the commencement of the Bail Amendment (Serious Sexual Offences) Act 2006.

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