History Details
Bail Act 1982
1 April 2005 - 30 April 2005
Notes

1 This reprint is a compilation as at 1 April 2005 of the Bail Act 1982 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table
Short titleNumber and yearAssentCommencement
Bail Act 198286 of 198218 Nov 19826 Feb 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jan 1989 p. 263)
Acts Amendment (Abolition of Capital Punishment) Act 1984 Pt. III52 of 19845 Sep 19843 Oct 1984
Bail Amendment Act 1984 274 of 198429 Nov 19846 Feb 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jan 1989 p. 263)
Bail Amendment Act 198815 of 19886 Sep 19886 Feb 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jan 1989 p. 263)
Reprint of the Bail Act 1982 under the Reprints Act 1984 and s. 21 of the Bail Amendment Act 1988 3 (includes amendments listed above)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1988 Pt. 4 70 of 198815 Dec 19886 Feb 1989 (see s. 2(2)(b) and Gazette 27 Jan 1989 p. 263)
Acts Amendment (Children's Court) Act 1988 Pt. 1349 of 198822 Dec 19881 Dec 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Nov 1989 p. 4327)
Justices Amendment Act 1989 s. 1833 of 198922 Dec 19891 Jun 1991 (see s. 2 and Gazette 17 May 1991 p. 2455)
Community Corrections Legislation Amendment Act 1990 Pt. 261 of 199017 Dec 19903 Apr 1991 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Mar 1991 p. 1209)
Child Welfare Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990 s. 1583 of 199022 Dec 19901 Aug 1991 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Aug 1991 p. 3983)
Children's Court of Western Australia Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 s. 2115 of 199121 Jun 19919 Aug 1991 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 9 Aug 1991 p. 4101)
Reprint of the Bail Act 1982 as at 17 Oct 1991 (includes amendments listed above)
Acts Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1992 Pt. 314 of 199217 Jun 19921 Aug 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Jul 1992 p. 3671)
Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 Pt. 3 4 31 of 199315 Dec 19931 Jul 1993 (see s. 2)
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 1993 Pt. 2 545 of 199320 Dec 1993Act other than s. 7-9 and 10(2)(b): 17 Jan 1994 (see s. 2(1));
s. 7-9 and 10(2)(b): 4 Mar 1994 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 4 Mar 1994 p. 915)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1994 s. 13(1) and (2)82 of 199423 Dec 199420 Jan 1995 (see s. 2(2))
Acts Amendment (Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices) Act 1994 Pt. 392 of 199423 Dec 19941 Jan 1995 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 30 Dec 1994 p. 7211)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 578 of 199516 Jan 19964 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Coroners Act 1996 s. 612 of 199624 May 19967 Apr 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Mar 1997 p. 1529)
Mental Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996 Pt. 269 of 199613 Nov 199613 Nov 1997 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Bail Act 1982 as at 13 Mar 1997 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Coroners Act 1996 and the Mental Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996) (corrections to reprint in Gazette 25 Jul 1997 p. 3909 and 14 Nov 1997 p. 6426)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 2157 of 199715 Dec 199715 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))
Criminal Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998 s. 4(2)38 of 199825 Sep 199823 Oct 1998
Bail Amendment Act 1998 654 of 199811 Jan 1999Pt. 4 and 7: 15 May 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 May 1999 p. 1905);
Pt. 2, 3 and 5 (other than s. 12): 8 Mar 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Mar 2000 p. 1039);
s. 12: 1 Sep 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Aug 2000 p. 4985);
Pt. 6: 4 Dec 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 4 Dec 2000 p. 6799)
Reprint of the Bail Act 1982 as at 27 Aug 1999 (includes amendments listed above)
Court Security and Custodial Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999 Pt. 347 of 19998 Dec 199918 Dec 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6175-6)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 2001 s. 10(1)23 of 200126 Nov 200124 Dec 2001
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 s. 966 of 20024 Jun 200220 Nov 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 19 Nov 2002 p. 5505)
Criminal Law (Procedure) Amendment Act 2002 Pt. 4 Div. 127 of 200225 Sep 200227 Sep 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Sep 2002 p. 4875)
Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 29(3) and 3750 of 20039 Jul 2003s. 29(3): 31 Aug 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Aug 2003 p. 3833);
s. 37: 15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003 s. 88, 97, 121 765 of 20034 Dec 20031 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 2974 of 200315 Dec 200315 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Criminal Code Amendment Act 2004 s. 24, 26 and 584 of 200423 Apr 200421 May 2004 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence) Act 2004 Pt. 338 of 20049 Nov 20041 Dec 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Nov 2004 p. 5309)
Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004 s. 28(1), (2) and (4)45 of 20049 Nov 2004s. 28(1), (2) and (4) (other than the amendment to s. 7A(1)): 1 Feb 2005 (see. s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2004 s. 9(1)62 of 200424 Nov 20041 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Dec 2004 p. 5965)
Reprint 5: The Bail Act 1982 as at 1 Apr 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
1a On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in compiling the reprint. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation
Short titleNumber and yearAssentCommencement
Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 2004 s. 13 827 of 200414 Oct 2004To be proclaimed (see s. 2)
Children and Community Services Act 2004 s. 251 934 of 200420 Oct 2004To be proclaimed (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004 s. 28 1045 of 20049 Nov 2004s. 28(3) and (4) (the amendment to s. 7A(1)): 2 May 2005 (see. s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141 1159 of 200423 Nov 20041 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 Pt. 3 and s. 82 and 83 1284 of 200416 Dec 20042 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

2 The Bail Amendment Act 1984 s. 10 and 11 were repealed by the Bail Amendment Act 1988 s. 20.

3 The Bail Act 1982 was not in operation at the time when the reprint was compiled, but the reprinting was authorised by s. 21 of the Bail Amendment Act 1988.

4 The Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 Pt. 19 is a transitional provision that is of no further effect.

5 The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 1993 s. 13 reads as follows:

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