South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts34Z—Review of Division and section 69A
(1) The Minister must
cause a review of the operation of this Division and section 69A (as
enacted or amended by the Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of
Provocation and Related Matters) Act 2020 ) to be conducted and a report
on the review to be prepared and submitted to the Minister.
(2) The review and
report must include—
(a)
consideration of the effect (if any) that this Division has had generally in
relation to offences committed in circumstances of family violence; and
(b)
consideration of whether the circumstances of family violence set out in
section 34V should be modified; and
(c)
details of any appeals relating to directions given under section 34Y;
and
(d)
details of any suppression orders made under section 69A(1a); and
(e) a
recommendation as to whether further modification to the Act is necessary or
desirable for the purpose of recognising and addressing the role
family violence plays in relation to certain offending,
and may include any other matter the Minister thinks fit.
(3) The review and the
report must be completed after the fifth, but before the sixth, anniversary of
the commencement of this section.
(4) A report under
this section may be combined with a report under section 15F of the
Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 .
(5) The Minister must
cause a copy of the report submitted under subsection (1) to be laid
before both Houses of Parliament within 6 sitting days after receiving
the report.