Act	Number and Year	Assent	Commencement	Miscellaneous
Bail Act 1982	86 of 1982	18 November 1982	6 February 1989 (see Gazette 27 January 1989 p.263)
Acts Amendment (Abolition of Capital Punishment) Act 1984, Part III	52 of 1984	5 September 1984	3 October 1984
Bail Amendment Act 1984	74 of 1984	29 November 1984	6 February 1989 (see section 2 and Gazette 27 January 1989 p.263)	Amended by the Bail Amendment Act 1988 (Act No. 15 of 1988 section 20)
Bail Amendment Act 1988	15 of 1988	6 September 1988	6 February 1989 (see section 2 and Gazette 27 January 1989 p.263)
Acts Amendment (Children's Court) Act 1988, Part 13	49 of 1988	22 December 1988	1 December 1989 (see Gazette 24 November 1989 p.4327)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1988, Part 4 section 45	70 of 1988	15 December 1988	6 February 1989 (see section 2 (2) (a) and (b) and Gazette 27 January 1989 p.263)
Justices Amendment Act 1989, section 18 (item 1 of Schedule)	33 of 1989	22 December 1989	1 June 1991 (see Gazette 17 May 1991 p.2455)
Community Corrections Legislation Amendment Act 1990, Part 2	61 of 1990	17 December 1990	3 April 1991 (see Gazette 22 March 1991 p.1209)
Child Welfare Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990, section 15	83 of 1990	22 December 1990	1 August 1991 (see Gazette 1 August 1991 p.3983)
Children's Court of Western Australia Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991, Part 3 section 21	15 of 1991	21 June 1991	9 August 1991 (see section 2 (2) and Gazette 9 August 1991 p.4101)
Acts Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1992, Part 3	14 of 1992	17 June 1992	1 August 1992 (see Gazette 28 July 1992 p.3671)
Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993, Part 3	31 of 1993	15 December 1993	Deemed operative 1 July 1993 (see section 2)	Part 19 sections 68 and 69 transitional
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 1993, Part 2 sections 3 to 13	45 of 1993	20 December 1993	Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 (2) (b): 4 March 1994 (see section 2 and Gazette 4 March 1994 p. 915); balance: 17 January 1994 (see section 2 (2))	Section 13 transitional
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1994, section 13 (1) and (2)	82 of 1994	23 December 1994	Section 13: 20 January 1995 (see section 2 (2))
Acts Amendment (Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices) Act 1994, Part 3 sections 4 to 7	92 of 1994	23 December 1994	1 January 1995 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 December 1994 p.7211)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995, Part 5 sections 6 to 8	78 of 1995	16 January 1996	4 November 1996 (see section 2 and Gazette 25 October 1996 p.5632)
Coroners Act 1996, section 61	2 of 1996	24 May 1997	7 April 1997 (see section 2 and Gazette 18 March 1997 p.1529)
Mental Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996, Part 2	69 of 1996	13 November 1996	13 November 1997 (see section 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997, section 21	57 of 1997	15 December 1997	15 December 1997 (see section 2)
Criminal Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998, section 4(2)	38 of 1998	25 September 1998	23 October 1998
Bail Amendment Act 1998, Parts 4 and 7	54 of 1998	11 January 1999	15 May 1999 (see section 2 and Gazette 11 May 1999 p.1905)

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(1) The Bail Act 1982* is amended in Schedule 1 in Part D in clause 2 (1) by inserting after }(3)~ the following ¾

}, (3a) ~.

(2) The Bail Act 1982* is amended in Schedule 1 in Part D by deleting clause 2 (3) and substituting the following subclauses ¾

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(3) Where a judicial officer who grants bail to a defendant is of the opinion that the defendant's physical condition ought to be examined the officer may, under subclause (1), impose any condition which the officer considers desirable for the purpose of ensuring that the defendant is examined by a medical practitioner.

(3a) Where a judicial officer who grants bail to a defendant is of the opinion that the defendant's mental condition ought to be examined the officer may, under subclause (1), impose any condition which the officer considers desirable for the purpose of ensuring that the defendant's mental condition is examined including a condition ¾

(a) that the defendant be examined by a medical practitioner or an authorized mental health practitioner (as defined in the Mental Health Act 1996) for the purpose of deciding whether to make a referral under section 29 of that Act;

(b) that the defendant be admitted to an authorized hospital (as defined in the Mental Health Act 1996);

(c) that the defendant be examined by a psychiatrist. ~.

(3) The Bail Act 1982* is amended in Schedule 1 in Part D in clause 2 (5) by inserting after }(3)~ the following ¾

} , (3a) ~.

(4) The Bail Act 1982* is amended in Schedule 1 in Part D in clause 2 (7) by deleting the definition of }psychiatrist~ and substituting the following definition ¾

} }psychiatrist~ has the same meaning as it has in the Mental Health Act 1996.. ~.

² Repealed by the Young Offenders Act 1994 (Act No. 104 of 1994) section 212.

³ Repealed by the Young Offenders Act 1994 (Act No. 104 of 1994) section 209.

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