Restrictions on Electronic Monitoring for People on Bail

Bail Amendment (Ban on Private Electronic Monitoring) Bill 2025

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Only the Commissioner of Corrective Services can conduct electronic monitoring for people on bail.
Accused people must stay in custody until they are fitted with a monitoring device.
Bail conditions cannot require electronic monitoring unless imposed under section 28B.
People using private monitoring services must apply to vary their bail during a three-month transition period.
The end of the transition period counts as a change in circumstances for bail variation applications.
People who still use private monitoring after the transition period are treated as having breached their bail.

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