South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts189A—Costs payable by defendant in certain criminal proceedings
(1) This section does
not apply to—
(a) a
defendant who enters a written plea of guilty in accordance with
section 57A.
(2) If the Magistrates
Court finds a defendant guilty in proceedings for an offence prosecuted by a
police officer, the Magistrates Court must, subject to subsection (3),
make an order for costs against the defendant for—
(a) if
an amount is prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this
subsection—the prescribed amount; or
(b) if
no such amount is prescribed—$100.
(3) If the prosecution
agrees that an order under subsection (2) should not be made, the
Magistrates Court may instead make some other order as to costs (or may make
no order as to costs).