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South Australia
Magistrates Court (Monetary Limits) Amendment
Bill 2016
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Magistrates
Court Act 1991
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Magistrates Court
Act 1991
4Amendment of section
3—Interpretation
Schedule 1—Transitional
provision
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Monetary Limits)
Amendment Act 2016.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Magistrates Court
Act 1991
4—Amendment
of section 3—Interpretation
(1) Section 3(1), definition of minor statutory
proceeding, (ba)—delete "$25 000" and substitute:
$12 000
(2) Section 3(1), definition of small
claim—delete "$25 000" and substitute:
$12 000
(3) Section 3(4)(a) and (b)—delete "$25 000" wherever
occurring and substitute in each case:
$12 000
Schedule 1—Transitional
provision
The amendments made to section 3 of the
Magistrates
Court Act 1991
by this Act—
(a) do not apply in respect of proceedings commenced before the
commencement of this Act (and those proceedings may continue as if this Act had
not been enacted); and
(b) apply in respect of proceedings commenced on or after the commencement
of this Act (including proceedings in respect of a claim arising before the
commencement of this Act).