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Bail: Firearms and criminal associations
Reference received: 16 August 2022
Report
Report 150 - Bail: Firearms and criminal associations (PDF, 475.7 KB), October 2022
Other documents
Background information on show cause and unacceptable risk
Submissions
Terms of reference
Pursuant to section 10 of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967, the NSW Law Reform Commission is asked to review and report on the following discrete aspects of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW):
- Whether the existing list of firearms offences treated as ‘show cause’ offences under the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) should be expanded.
- Whether further legislative guidance should be provided on the meaning of ‘criminal associations’ under the Bail Act 2013 (NSW).
- Whether the list of offences relating to criminal associations that are treated as ‘show cause’ offences under the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) should be expanded.
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