Notes
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• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at
the end of the legislative history.
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Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year |
No |
Title |
Assent |
Commencement |
1936 |
2328 |
3.12.1936 |
1.11.1937 (Gazette 25.3.1937 p646) |
|
1945 |
18 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1945 |
6.12.1945 |
6.12.1945 |
1956 |
16 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1956 |
8.11.1956 |
8.11.1956 |
1958 |
14 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1958 |
23.10.1958 |
23.10.1958 |
1960 |
12 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1960 |
18.8.1960 |
18.8.1960 |
1966 |
44 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1966 |
22.9.1966 |
22.9.1966 |
1969 |
57 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1969 |
4.12.1969 |
21.5.1970 (Gazette 21.5.1970 p1841) |
1969 |
77 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1969 |
11.12.1969 |
31.8.1970 (Gazette 20.8.1970 p696) |
1971 |
15 |
8.4.1971 |
15.4.1971 (Gazette 15.4.1971 p1598) |
|
1972 |
2 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1972 |
16.3.1972 |
1.11.1973 (Gazette 6.9.1973 p1899) |
1972 |
19 |
Statutes Amendment (Law of Property and Wrongs)
Act 1972 |
30.3.1972 |
18.5.1972 (Gazette 18.5.1972 p1926) |
1972 |
138 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1972 |
7.12.1972 |
1.11.1973 (Gazette 6.9.1973 p1899) |
1974 |
42 |
11.4.1974 |
11.4.1974 |
|
1975 |
87 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1975 |
20.11.1975 |
29.1.1976 (Gazette 29.1.1976 p357) |
1980 |
32 |
Statutes Amendment (Property) Act 1980 |
17.4.1980 |
22.5.1980 (Gazette 22.5.1980 p1373) |
1984 |
22 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1984 |
10.5.1984 |
10.5.1984 |
1984 |
23 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1984 |
10.5.1984 |
10.5.1984 |
1989 |
13 |
Law of Property Act Amendment Act 1989 |
20.4.1989 |
1.7.1989 (Gazette 8.6.1989 p1552) |
1991 |
33 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 1991 |
24.4.1991 |
6.6.1991 (Gazette 6.6.1991 p1776) |
1995 |
27 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 1995 |
27.4.1995 |
s 15—4.5.1995 (Gazette 4.5.1995 p1705) |
1996 |
7 |
Law of Property (Perpetuities and Accumulations) Amendment
Act 1996 |
4.4.1996 |
1.5.1996 (Gazette 18.4.1996 p1990) |
1996 |
67 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 1996 |
15.8.1996 |
s 22—17.10.1996 (Gazette 17.10.1996 p1361) |
1997 |
59 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 1997 |
31.7.1997 |
|
2003 |
44 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2003 |
23.10.2003 |
Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048) |
2006 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act
2006 |
6.7.2006 |
Pt 44 (ss 152—154)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006
p2831) |
2019 |
46 |
Statutes Amendment (Legalisation of Same Sex Marriage Consequential
Amendments) Act 2019 |
19.12.2019 |
Pt 9 (s 24)—1.5.2020 (Gazette 30.4.2020
p838) |
2019 |
48 |
19.12.2019 |
Sch 1 (cll 2 to 9)—1.5.2020 (Gazette 30.4.2020
p837) |
|
2023 |
30 |
25.10.2023 |
Sch 2 (cll 5 & 6)—uncommenced |
Provisions amended since 3 February
1976
• Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal
notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in
Volume 5 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page
620.
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in
italics.
Provision |
How varied |
Commencement |
Pt 1 |
|
|
s 2 |
deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
s 3 |
deleted in pursuance of the Acts Republication
Act 1967 |
14.9.1997 |
|
|
|
substituted by 33/1991 s 13 |
6.6.1991 |
|
|
substituted by 59/1997 s 9 |
14.9.1997 |
inserted by 7/1996 s 3(a) |
1.5.1996 |
|
mental defective and mentally defective person and
committee |
deleted by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
inserted by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
|
inserted by 7/1996 s 3(b) |
1.5.1996 |
|
Pt 2 |
|
|
heading preceding s 8 |
deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
|
|
s 15 amended and designated as s 15(1) by 44/2003 s 3(1)
(Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 15 amended and designated as s 15(2) by 44/2003 s 3(1)
(Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
inserted by 32/1980 s 5 |
22.5.1980 |
|
inserted by 23/1984 s 2 |
10.5.1984 |
|
inserted by 27/1995 s 15 |
4.5.1995 |
|
heading preceding s 25 |
deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
Pt 3 |
|
|
heading preceding s 28 |
deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
|
|
amended by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 2(1), (2) |
1.5.2020 |
|
substituted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 2(3) |
1.5.2020 |
|
amended by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 2(4) |
1.5.2020 |
|
amended by 22/1984 s 2 |
10.5.1984 |
|
|
substituted by 13/1989 s 3 |
1.7.1989 |
inserted by 13/1989 s 3 |
1.7.1989 |
|
inserted by 32/1980 s 6 |
22.5.1980 |
|
|
substituted by 67/1996 s 22 |
17.10.1996 |
heading preceding s 42 |
deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
|
|
amended by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
|
|
amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 3 |
1.5.2020 |
|
amended by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
|
Pt 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 17/2006 s 152 |
4.9.2006 |
|
|
|
|
amended by 59/1997 s 10(a) |
14.9.1997 |
|
deleted by 59/1997 s 10(b) |
14.9.1997 |
|
Pt 6 |
substituted by 7/1996 s 4 |
1.5.1996 |
inserted by 59/1997 s 11 |
14.9.1997 |
|
Pt 7 |
|
|
amended by 17/2006 s 153 |
4.9.2006 |
|
Pt 8 |
|
|
s 73 I—V redesignated as s 73(a)—(e) by 44/2003
s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
amended by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 4(1), (2) |
1.5.2020 |
|
Pt 9 |
|
|
s 85 |
deleted by 59/1997 s 12 |
14.9.1997 |
Pt 10 |
heading amended by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
amended by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
|
heading preceding s 92 |
deleted by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
ss 92—99 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 5 |
1.5.2020 |
|
|
|
substituted by 46/2019 s 24 |
1.5.2020 |
|
inserted by 46/2019 s 24 |
1.5.2020 |
|
ss 101—104 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 6 |
1.5.2020 |
s 105 before deletion by 48/2019 |
|
|
s 105(1) |
amended by 59/1997 s 13(a) |
14.9.1997 |
s 105(2) |
amended by 59/1997 s 13(b) |
14.9.1997 |
s 105(3) |
amended by 59/1997 s 13(c) |
14.9.1997 |
s 105 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 6 |
1.5.2020 |
ss 106 and 107 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 6 |
1.5.2020 |
amended by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 7 |
1.5.2020 |
|
s 109 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 8 |
1.5.2020 |
s 111 |
deleted by 48/2019 Sch 1 cl 9 |
1.5.2020 |
|
|
|
amended by 17/2006 s 154 |
4.9.2006 |
|
Pt 11 |
|
|
heading |
deleted by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
Sch 2 |
amended by 59/1997 s 14 (Sch) |
14.9.1997 |
|
Pts 1—6 redesignated as cll and scll by 44/2003 s 3(1)
(Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
Historical versions
Reprint No 1—1.10.1991 |
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Reprint No 2—4.5.1995 |
|
Reprint No 3—1.5.1996 |
|
Reprint No 4—17.10.1996 |
|
Reprint No 5—14.9.1997 |
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Reprint No 6—24.11.2003 |
|
4.9.2006 |
|