Bail Condition Document

Detects bail condition documents including bail undertakings, surety arrangements, and conditions imposed on accused persons under the Bail Act 1980 (Qld). These documents contain personal details of accused persons, reporting obligations, curfew details, exclusion zones, and no-contact conditions.

Type

keyword_proximity

Engine

universal

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: requires co-occurrence of bail-specific legal terminology with accused person details and Bail Act references. These terms in combination are distinctive to genuine bail documents and do not appear in published statistics or policy discussions.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

Bail Act 1980 (Qld), Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld)

Frameworks

QGISCF

Data categories

law-enforcement, government

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

7

Pattern

(?i)\b(bail\s+(?:conditions?|undertaking|order)|surety\s+(?:agreement|amount)|reporting\s+conditions?|curfew\s+(?:condition|hours)|exclusion\s+zone|no[\-\s]contact\s+(?:condition|order))\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

SENSITIVE, Legal, bail conditions, bail undertaking, surety, reporting conditions, curfew, exclusion zone, no-contact condition, Bail Act 1980, accused, watch house, recognisance, personal undertaking, investigation, enforcement, prosecution, arrest, evidence, forensic (+52 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• SENSITIVE Legal. Bail Undertaking — Bail Act 1980 (Qld) s.11. Accused: [Name], DOB: 15/03/1988. Proceeding: MAG-2026-05123, Brisbane Magistrates Court. Bail Conditions: (1) Report to Fortitude Valley Police Station every Monday and Thursday by 4:00pm. (2) Curfew condition: remain at 14 Boundary Street, West End between 9:00pm and 6:00am. (3) No-contact condition: must not contact the complainant directly or indirectly. Surety: $5,000 deposited by [Name]. — Bail undertaking with reporting conditions, curfew, and no-contact order
• Queensland Magistrates Court — Bail Order. The accused [Name] is granted bail on the following conditions pursuant to the Bail Act 1980 s.11. Personal undertaking in the sum of $2,000. Reporting condition: attend Upper Mount Gravatt Police Station every Wednesday. Exclusion zone: must not enter within 200 metres of the premises at [Address], Capalaba. Surrender passport to the court registry. Next appearance: 4 April 2026. — Bail order with exclusion zone and passport surrender conditions
• Bail Variation Application — s.17 Bail Act 1980. Current bail conditions for [Name], proceeding MAG-2026-03892. Application to vary curfew hours from 9pm-6am to 11pm-5am to accommodate shift work at registered employer. Prosecution does not oppose variation. Surety of $3,000 to remain in place. Reporting conditions unchanged — twice weekly at Ipswich Police Station. — Bail variation application seeking amendment to curfew conditions
• Bail Undertaking Name: Avery Teston Date of birth: 04/02/1991 Reference number: RX22914471 Notes: Bail Undertaking recorded against the subject; handling restricted. — Populated justice record reaching the 75/85 structure gate

Should not match

• The Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council published its annual bail statistics report showing that 78% of persons granted bail complied with all conditions during the reporting period. — Published bail statistics from sentencing advisory body
• The Queensland Law Reform Commission recommended amendments to the Bail Act 1980 to modernise reporting conditions and introduce electronic monitoring as an alternative to curfew conditions. — Law reform discussion recommending Bail Act amendments
• A criminal law textbook chapter on bail explains the principles in s.16 of the Bail Act 1980 (Qld) and the types of conditions that may be imposed, including curfew, reporting, and exclusion zone conditions. — Legal textbook explaining bail law principles
• Policy guidance: this procedure explains how records about Bail Undertaking are handled, who may access them and how long they are kept. It contains no records about any person or system. — Policy guidance naming the topic without any record (discovery only)

Known false positives

• Published bail statistics and annual reports from courts and advisory bodies Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'annual report', 'statistics', 'published', 'reporting period', 'compliance rate'
• Law reform reports and parliamentary reviews of bail legislation Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'law reform', 'recommended amendments', 'parliamentary', 'inquiry'
• Criminal law textbooks explaining bail principles Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'textbook', 'academic', 'chapter', 'explains', 'university'
• Blank bail form templates without accused person details Mitigation: Require proximity to specific accused person details or proceeding numbers, not blank template fields.

References

• Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld)