Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) a police officer has refused to grant bail to a person under section 7 for an offence; and
(b) a Magistrates Court is authorised under this Act to grant bail to the person for the offence; and
(c) having regard to all the circumstances, the person may not reasonably or practicably be brought personally before a court; and
(d) a practice direction made by the Chief Magistrate provides for the making of an application for bail if the circumstances mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) apply.
(2) An application for bail may be made under section 15A, whether or not that section would otherwise apply, to a magistrate constituting a Magistrates Court outside the district or division in which the application would otherwise be required to be made.
(3) However, section 15A(6) does not apply to the deciding of the application.
(4) The application must comply with the practice direction.
(5) In this section—
district means a district appointed under the Justices Act 1886 for the purposes of a Magistrates Court.
division means a division appointed under the Justices Act 1886 for the purposes of a Magistrates Court.