Consolidated practice directions

Consent to the orders applied for 
 
9. 
The parties to a bail application may consent to the grant of bail by 
filing a Form 24 'Consent Notice' (
Criminal Procedure Rules 2005
, r 70). 
10. 
The consent document/s should be filed as soon as practicable. 
11. 
The party may file document/s by fax to Listings. Refer to Practice 
Direction 1.2.2 
–
General Division 
–
Criminal.
12. 
Alternatively, the party may file the document/s electronically by 
sending a scanned copy of the document/s in .pdf format as an 
attachment 
to 
an 
email 
to 
Listings 
addressed 
to 
[e-mail]
. The email should be marked as 
urgent and the subject line should read 'URGENT 
–
Application for 
Bail - SJA [matter number]'. The document/s to be scanned must be: 
(a)
endorsed on the first page with a statement that the document 
is the original of a document sent by email; and
(b) 
kept by the party and, if directed to do so by the Court, 
produced to the Court. 
 
 
 
 

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6. General Division - Appeals to a Single Judge 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
Legal representatives 
–
 robing 
 
13. 
Unless the Court orders otherwise, legal representatives need to be 
robed for bail applications whether the bail application is listed with 
the appeal or not (see PD 10.4 par 5(b)(ii)). 
Filing documents using the ECMS 
 
14. 
Whilst it is not mandatory to file documents using the ECMS in SJA 
matters (pursuant to O 67A r 3(1)(i) and Practice Direction 1.1.4 [11]), 
the filing party may choose to file documents using the ECMS. 
Practice Direction 1.2.2 pars 3 - 6 will apply to documents where the 
filing party chooses to present documents for filing via the ECMS in 
SJAs. 
15. 
If a party presents a bail application or any document concerning a 
bail application for filing electronically, that party must also 
immediately 
inform 
Listings 
by 
email 
(addressed 
to 
[e-mail])
that the document has been 
presented for filing. The email should be marked as urgent and the 
subject line should read 'URGENT 
–
Application for Bail 
–
SJA [matter 
number]'. 

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6. General Division - Appeals to a Single Judge 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
6.3
Confidentiality of Pre-Sentence and other Reports 
relevant to Sentence