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South Australia
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
(No 3) Bill 2013
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend various Acts the administration of which is the
responsibility of the Attorney-General.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
2Commencement
3Amendment
provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law
Consolidation Act 1935
4Amendment of section
351B—Costs
Part 3—Amendment of Criminal Law
(Sentencing) Act 1988
5Amendment of section 44—Variation or
discharge of bond
Part 4—Amendment of District Court
Act 1991
6Amendment of section 40—Interest on
judgment debts
Part 5—Amendment of Evidence
Act 1929
7Amendment of section 33—Disclosure in
action for defamation
8Amendment of section 71A—Restriction on
reporting on sexual offences
Part 6—Amendment of Legal Services
Commission Act 1977
9Amendment of section
31A—Secrecy
Part 7—Amendment of Supreme Court
Act 1935
10Amendment of section 72—Rules of
court
11Amendment of section 114—Interest on
judgement debts
Part 8—Amendment of Trustee
Act 1936
12Amendment of section 68—Court may order
costs
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's
Portfolio) (No 3) Act 2013.
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 Criminal Law Consolidation
Act 1935
4—Amendment
of section 351B—Costs
Section 351B(1)—delete "taxed" and substitute:
adjudicated
Part 3—Amendment
of Criminal Law (Sentencing)
Act 1988
5—Amendment
of section 44—Variation or discharge of bond
Section 44—after subsection (2) insert:
(2a) The Minister
for Correctional Services must—
(a) before varying or revoking a condition of a bond of a probationer
under subsection (1); or
(b) before waiving the obligation of a probationer to comply any further
with a condition requiring supervision under subsection (2),
take into account the likely impact on a victim to which this subsection
applies of so doing.
(2b)
Subsection (2a)
applies to a victim in respect of whom a victim impact statement was furnished
to the sentencing court when the probationer was sentenced (whether the
statement was furnished under section 7 or 7A).
Part 4—Amendment
of District Court
Act 1991
6—Amendment
of section 40—Interest on judgment debts
Section 40(2)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:
(a) in the case of adjudicated costs—from the date the costs are
adjudicated or an earlier date fixed by the adjudicating officer;
Part 5—Amendment
of Evidence
Act 1929
7—Amendment
of section 33—Disclosure in action for defamation
(1) Section 33(1)—delete "discover" and substitute:
disclose
(2) Section 33(1)—delete "discovering" and
substitute:
disclosing
(3) Section 33(1)—delete "discovery" and substitute:
disclosure
(4) Section 33(2)—delete "discovered" and substitute:
disclosed
8—Amendment
of section 71A—Restriction on reporting on sexual
offences
(1) Section 71A(5), definition of relevant date—before
paragraph (a) insert:
(aa) in relation to a charge of a major indictable offence for which the
Magistrates Court is to determine and impose sentence—the date on which a
plea of guilty is entered by the accused person; or
(2) Section 71A(5), definition of relevant date,
(a)—delete "a major indictable offence" and substitute:
any other major indictable offence
Part 6—Amendment
of Legal Services Commission
Act 1977
9—Amendment
of section 31A—Secrecy
Section 31A(3)(c)—delete "discovery" and substitute:
disclosure
Part 7—Amendment
of Supreme Court
Act 1935
10—Amendment
of section 72—Rules of court
(1) Section 72(1)(f)—delete "taxation" and
substitute:
adjudication
(2) Section 72(1)(i)—delete "tax" and substitute:
adjudicate
11—Amendment
of section 114—Interest on judgement debts
(1) Section 114(2)(a)—delete "taxed" and substitute:
adjudicated
(2) Section 114(2)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:
(b) in the case of adjudicated costs, from the date of the certificate of
the adjudicating officer by whom the costs were adjudicated or an earlier date
specified by the adjudicating officer in the certificate.
Part 8—Amendment
of Trustee
Act 1936
12—Amendment
of section 68—Court may order costs
Section 68—delete "taxed" and substitute:
adjudicated