New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Defendant admitted to bail by Police employee

• (1) Section 21(2) is amended by omitting “section 49(1)(a) or section 49(1)(b)” and substituting “section 49”.

  (2) Section 21 is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (4):

  • “(4A) If a person charged with a domestic violence offence is granted bail under this section, the Police employee who takes the bail bond of that person may impose—

    • “(a) any condition that he or she considers reasonably necessary to protect—

      • “(i) the victim of the alleged offence; and

      • “(ii) any particular person residing with the victim:

    • “(b) any condition that may otherwise be imposed under subsections (3) and (4).

  • “(4B) In this subsection and subsection (4A),—

    “domestic relationship has the meaning given to it by section 4 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995

    “domestic violence offence means an offence against any enactment involving the use of violence against a person with whom the offender is, or has been, in a domestic relationship

    “violence has the meaning given to it by section 3(2), (4), and (5) of the Domestic Violence Act 1995.”