A bail undertaking need not be entered into before the judicial officer or authorised officer who granted bail but may be entered into before any of the following persons ¾

(a) a judicial officer;

(b) the Principal Registrar or a Registrar of the Supreme Court;

(c) the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of the District Court;

(d) a registrar of the Magistrates Court;

(da) a registrar of the Children's Court;

(e) a coroner's registrar within the meaning of the Coroners Act 1996;

(f) an authorised police officer;

(g) an associate of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of the District Court or of the Children's Court;

(h) where the defendant is in prison, any person for the time being in charge of the prison;

(i) where the defendant is a child, any authorised community services officer.

[Section 29 amended by No. 15 of 1988 s. 11; No. 49 of 1988 s. 86; No. 2 of 1996 s. 61; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]