South Australia
Bail (Terror Suspects and Firearm Parts) Amendment Act 2024
An Act to amend the Bail Act 1985.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
Part 2—Amendment of Bail Act 1985
3	Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
4	Amendment of section 3B—Terror suspects
5	Amendment of section 11—Conditions of bail
6	Amendment of section 11A—Bail authority may direct person to surrender firearm
Schedule 1—Transitional provision
1	Transitional provision

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Bail (Terror Suspects and Firearm Parts) Amendment Act 2024.
2—Commencement
This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2—Amendment of Bail Act 1985
3—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
Section 3(1)—after the definition of firearm insert:
firearm part has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 2015;
4—Amendment of section 3B—Terror suspects
	(1)	Section 3B(1)(a)—delete "offence; but" and substitute:
offence under a law of the Commonwealth; and
	(2)	Section 3B(1)(b)(i)—delete subparagraph (i) and substitute:
	(i)	is charged with a terrorist offence; or
	(ia)	has previously been convicted of a terrorist offence or charged before a court with a terrorist offence; or
	(3)	Section 3B(1), Note—after "terrorist offence" insert:
under a law of the Commonwealth
	(4)	Section 3B(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:
	(2)	A person—
	(a)	is charged with a terrorist offence for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) if the person is currently charged with a terrorist offence, whether that charge was laid by police or another law enforcement or prosecution authority; and
	(b)	has previously been charged before a court with a terrorist offence for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ia) if an information or other initiating process charging the person with the terrorist offence has previously been filed in a court.
5—Amendment of section 11—Conditions of bail
Section 11(1) and (1a)(b)—delete "part of a firearm" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:
firearm part
6—Amendment of section 11A—Bail authority may direct person to surrender firearm
Section 11A(1) and (4)—delete "part of a firearm" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:
firearm part

Schedule 1—Transitional provision
1—Transitional provision
The amendments to section 3B of the Bail Act 1985 effected by this Act only apply in relation to a person taken into custody on a charge of an offence allegedly committed after the commencement of this Act.