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Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
|
Year |
No |
Title |
Assent |
Commencement |
|
1991 |
73 |
12.12.1991 |
6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209) except s 14(2) which was
deleted by 62/1993 without coming into operation |
|
|
1993 |
62 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1993 |
27.5.1993 |
ss 10—13 & 15—18—1.7.1993 (Gazette 24.6.1993
p2047); s 14—28.10.1993 (Gazette 27.10.1993
p1892) |
|
1994 |
43 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1994 |
2.6.1994 |
9.6.1994 (Gazette 9.6.1994 p1669) |
|
1995 |
9 |
16.3.1995 |
Sch 5—30.6.1995 (Gazette 29.6.1995 p2977) |
|
|
1995 |
14 |
Retail Shop Leases Act 1995 |
6.4.1995 |
s 82—30.6.1995 (Gazette 29.6.1995 p2976) |
|
1995 |
65 |
Statutes Amendment (Recording of Interviews)
Act 1995 |
10.8.1995 |
Sch (cl 2)—21.12.1995 (Gazette 21.12.1995
p1760) |
|
1995 |
84 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1995 |
30.11.1995 |
21.12.1995 (Gazette 21.12.1995 p1759) |
|
1995 |
85 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff)
Act 1995 |
30.11.1995 |
14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1641) |
|
1995 |
87 |
7.12.1995 |
1.6.1996 (Gazette 23.5.1996 p2536) |
|
|
1996 |
46 |
Statutes Amendment (Mediation, Arbitration and Referral)
Act 1996 |
27.6.1996 |
30.9.1996 (Gazette 29.8.1996 p808) |
|
1996 |
101 |
19.12.1996 |
1.3.1998 (Gazette 19.2.1998 p932) |
|
|
1998 |
60 |
Statutes Amendment (Fine Enforcement) Act 1998 |
3.9.1998 |
|
|
1999 |
42 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Justice Portfolio)
Act 1999 |
5.8.1999 |
|
|
1999 |
66 |
Statutes Amendment (Magistrates Court Appeals)
Act 1999 |
18.11.1999 |
|
|
2000 |
57 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 2000 |
20.7.2000 |
Pt 13 (s 28)—1.10.2000 (Gazette 28.9.2000
p2221) |
|
2001 |
69 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration)
Act 2001 |
6.12.2001 |
|
|
2002 |
16 |
Statutes Amendment (Structured Settlements) Act 2002 |
5.9.2002 |
Pt 3 (s 5)—1.12.2002 (Gazette 7.11.2002
p4043) |
|
2005 |
49 |
Statutes Amendment (Intervention Programs and Sentencing Procedures)
Act 2005 |
27.10.2005 |
Pt 5 (s 13)—19.12.2005 (Gazette 15.12.2005 p4326) |
|
2005 |
56 |
Justices of the Peace Act 2005 |
17.11.2005 |
Sch 2 (cll 39—43)—1.7.2006 (Gazette 22.6.2006
p2012) |
|
2005 |
74 |
Statutes Amendment (Criminal Procedure) Act 2005 |
8.12.2005 |
Pt 5 (s 12)—1.3.2007 (Gazette 1.3.2007
p672) |
|
2006 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure)
Act 2006 |
6.7.2006 |
|
|
2006 |
44 |
Statutes Amendment (Justice Portfolio) Act 2006 |
14.12.2006 |
|
|
2008 |
7 |
Statutes Amendment (Evidence and Procedure) Act 2008 |
17.4.2008 |
|
|
2009 |
18 |
21.5.2009 |
Sch 1 (cll 3 & 4)—1.11.2009 (Gazette 29.10.2009
p4982) |
|
|
2009 |
62 |
Second-hand Vehicle Dealers (Cooling-off Rights) Amendment
Act 2009 |
26.11.2009 |
Sch 1 (cl 1)—29.11.2010 (Gazette 14.10.2010
p5087) |
|
2009 |
69 |
Magistrates Court (Special Justices) Amendment
Act 2009 |
10.12.2009 |
17.12.2009 (Gazette 17.12.2009 p6350) |
|
2009 |
85 |
10.12.2009 |
Sch 1 (cl 17)—9.12.2011 (Gazette 20.10.2011
p4269) |
|
|
2012 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 2012 |
24.5.2012 |
Pt 11 (s 23)—5.8.2012 (Gazette 2.8.2012
p3302) |
|
2012 |
43 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts Efficiency Reforms)
Act 2012 |
22.11.2012 |
|
|
2013 |
9 |
Statutes Amendment (Appeals) Act 2013 |
28.3.2013 |
Pt 3 (s 12) & Sch 1—5.5.2013; s 11—1.7.2013
immediately after 43/2012, s 26 (Gazette 26.4.2013 p1185) |
|
2013 |
11 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 2013 |
18.4.2013 |
Pt 8 (s 16)—9.6.2013 (Gazette 6.6.2013
p2498) |
|
2013 |
31 |
Statutes Amendment (Fines Enforcement and Recovery)
Act 2013 |
1.8.2013 |
|
|
2013 |
47 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio No 2) Act
2013 |
24.10.2013 |
Pt 7 (s 10)—17.5.2014 (Gazette 8.5.2014 p1630) |
|
2015 |
16 |
Statutes Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses) Act 2015 |
6.8.2015 |
Pt 4 (s 21)—1.7.2016 (Gazette 23.6.2016
p2618) |
|
2016 |
27 |
Magistrates Court (Monetary Limits) Amendment
Act 2016 |
16.6.2016 |
1.8.2016 (Gazette 21.7.2016 p2988) |
|
2016 |
63 |
Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal)
Act 2016 |
8.12.2016 |
Pt 15 (ss 119 & 120)—1.7.2017 (Gazette 16.5.2017
p1221) |
|
2017 |
10 |
Statutes Amendment (Judicial Registrars) Act 2017 |
11.4.2017 |
|
|
2017 |
18 |
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act
2017 |
14.6.2017 |
Sch 2 (cll 28—31 & 41)—5.3.2018 (Gazette 12.12.2017
p4961) |
|
2017 |
50 |
Statutes Amendment (Court Fees) Act 2017 |
28.11.2017 |
Pt 3 (s 5)—5.3.2018 (Gazette 23.1.2018
p282) |
|
2017 |
53 |
Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Act 2017 |
28.11.2017 |
|
|
2017 |
70 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio No 3) Act
2017 |
12.12.2017 |
|
|
2017 |
71 |
12.12.2017 |
Sch 1 (cll 25 & 26)—30.4.2018 (Gazette 6.2.2018
p609) |
|
|
2018 |
5 |
Statutes Amendment (SACAT Federal Diversity Jurisdiction)
Act 2018 |
12.7.2018 |
|
|
2019 |
21 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 2)
Act 2019 |
19.9.2019 |
Pt 9 (s 16)—19.9.2019: s 2(1) |
|
2019 |
45 |
Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019 |
19.12.2019 |
Sch 1 (cll 61 to 64)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020
p5638) |
|
2020 |
15 |
Statutes Amendment (Bail Authorities) Act 2020 |
11.6.2020 |
Pt 4 (s 11)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 17.12.2020
p5744) |
|
2022 |
26 |
Magistrates Court (Nunga Court) Amendment
Act 2022 |
8.12.2022 |
1.3.2023 (Gazette 15.2.2023 p354) |
Provisions amended
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 |
omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication
Act 2002 |
19.12.2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 26/2022 s 3(1) |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
inserted by 26/2022 s 3(2) |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
inserted by 17/2012 s 23(1) |
5.8.2012 |
|
|
amended by 56/2005 Sch 2 cl 39 |
1.7.2006 |
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 19(1) |
23.5.2017 |
|
inserted by 10/2017 s 19(2) |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
amended by 17/2012 s 23(2) |
5.8.2012 |
|
|
amended by 84/1995 s 13 |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
inserted by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (a) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
|
amended by 14/1995 s 82(a) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
amended by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 2(a) |
1.6.1996 |
|
|
amended by 101/1996 Sch cl 1 |
1.3.1998 |
|
|
amended by 69/2001 s 16(a) |
3.2.2002 |
|
|
amended by 62/2009 Sch 1 cl 1 |
29.11.2010 |
|
|
amended by 43/2012 s 23(1) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
amended by 27/2016 s 4(1) |
1.8.2016 |
|
|
amended by 5/2018 s 3(1) |
12.7.2018 |
|
inserted by 26/2022 s 3(3) |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
substituted by 62/1993 s 10 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 19(3) |
23.5.2017 |
|
amended by 69/2001 s 16(b) |
3.2.2002 |
|
|
|
amended by 43/2012 s 23(2) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
amended by 27/2016 s 4(2) |
1.8.2016 |
|
s 3(1a)—(1c) |
inserted by 26/2022 s 3(4) |
1.3.2023 |
|
amended by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (b) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
substituted by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (c) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
|
amended by 69/2001 s 16(c), (d) |
3.2.2002 |
|
|
amended by 43/2012 s 23(3) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
amended by 27/2016 s 4(3) |
1.8.2016 |
|
|
amended by 5/2018 s 3(2) |
12.7.2018 |
|
inserted by 5/2018 s 3(3) |
12.7.2018 |
|
|
amended by 26/2022 s 3(5) |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
Pt 2 |
|
|
|
Pt 2 Div 2 |
substituted by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (d) |
30.6.1995 |
|
Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 1 |
|
|
|
heading |
inserted by 10/2017 s 20 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 56/2005 Sch 2 cl 40 |
1.7.2006 |
|
|
|
amended by 26/2022 s 4 |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
inserted by 10/2017 s 21(1) |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
amended by 56/2005 Sch 2 cl 41(1) |
1.7.2006 |
|
|
|
substituted by 44/2006 s 32 |
18.1.2007 |
|
|
substituted by 69/2009 s 4 |
17.12.2009 |
|
|
amended by 31/2013 s 35 |
3.2.2014 |
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 21(2), (3) |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 25 |
30.4.2018 |
|
inserted by 10/2017 s 21(4) |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
inserted by 56/2005 Sch 2 cl 41(2) |
1.7.2006 |
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 21(5) |
23.5.2017 |
|
Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 2 |
inserted by 10/2017 s 22 |
23.5.2017 |
|
Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 3 |
|
|
|
heading |
inserted by 10/2017 s 23 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
amended by 26/2022 s 5 |
1.3.2023 |
|
amended by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 2(b) |
1.6.1996 |
|
|
inserted by 26/2022 s 6 |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
Pt 2 Div 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 69/2001 s 17 |
3.2.2002 |
|
|
|
amended by 43/2012 s 24(1), (2) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.7.2013 |
||
|
|
s 9 amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 28 |
5.3.2018 |
|
|
s 9 amended and redesignated as s 9(1) by 53/2017 s 23(1),
(2) |
30.4.2018 |
|
s 9(2)—(7) |
inserted by 53/2017 s 23(2) |
30.4.2018 |
|
inserted by 26/2022 s 7 |
1.3.2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
s 9A inserted by 56/2005 Sch 2 cl 42 |
1.7.2006 |
|
|
|
18.1.2007 |
|
|
|
s 9A amended and redesignated as s 9A(1) by 69/2009
s 5(1)—(3) |
17.12.2009 |
|
|
(a) deleted by 31/2013 s 36(1) |
3.2.2014 |
|
|
amended by 31/2013 s 36(2) |
3.2.2014 |
|
|
amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 26 |
30.4.2018 |
|
inserted by 69/2009 s 5(3) |
17.12.2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
inserted by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (e) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
|
amended by 14/1995 s 82(b) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
amended by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 2(c) |
1.6.1996 |
|
|
amended by 69/2001 s 18 |
3.2.2002 |
|
inserted by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 2(d) |
1.6.1996 |
|
|
amended by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (f) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
inserted by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 2(e) |
1.6.1996 |
|
|
inserted by 42/1999 s 49 |
3.10.1999 |
|
|
inserted by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 2(e) |
1.6.1996 |
|
|
Pt 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 70/2017 s 17 |
8.7.2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 60/1998 s 39 |
6.3.2000 |
|
|
|
(ab) deleted by 31/2013 s 37 |
3.2.2014 |
|
amended by 85/1995 s 12 |
14.12.1995 |
|
|
s 13A |
inserted by 60/1998 s 40 |
6.3.2000 |
|
|
deleted by 31/2013 s 38 |
3.2.2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
deleted by 62/1993 s 11 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
inserted by 18/2009 Sch 1 cl 3 |
1.11.2009 |
|
|
amended by 62/1993 s 12 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
|
substituted by 9/1995 Sch 5 cl (g) |
30.6.1995 |
|
|
amended by 84/1995 s 14 |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
amended by 69/2009 s 6 |
17.12.2009 |
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 24 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 18/2009 Sch 1 cl 4 |
1.11.2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 84/1995 s 15 |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
inserted by 62/1993 s 13 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
Pt 4 |
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 25 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
Pt 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
substituted by 46/1996 s 7(a) |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 26(1) |
23.5.2017 |
|
inserted by 46/1996 s 7(b) |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
inserted by 46/1996 s 7(b) |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
inserted by 46/1996 s 7(b) |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 26(2) |
23.5.2017 |
|
amended by 46/1996 s 7(c) |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
deleted by 46/1996 s 7(d) |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 46/1996 s 8 |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
inserted by 16/2002 s 5 |
1.12.2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
substituted by 62/1993 s 14 |
28.10.1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 42/1999 s 50(a) |
3.10.1999 |
|
|
amended by 42/1999 s 50(b) |
3.10.1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 84/1995 s 16 |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
amended by 57/2000 s 28(a) |
1.10.2000 |
|
|
substituted by 57/2000 s 28(b) |
1.10.2000 |
|
|
substituted by 57/2000 s 28(b) |
1.10.2000 |
|
|
|
amended by 5/2018 s 4(1), (2) |
12.7.2018 |
|
substituted by 57/2000 s 28(b) |
1.10.2000 |
|
|
inserted by 57/2000 s 28(b) |
1.10.2000 |
|
|
|
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 61 |
1.1.2021 |
|
Pt 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
inserted by 62/1993 s 15 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
|
deleted by 43/1994 s 17 |
9.6.1994 |
|
amended by 17/2006 s 18 |
4.9.2006 |
|
|
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 62 |
1.1.2021 |
|
|
amended by 42/1999 s 51 |
3.10.1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 5/2018 s 5(1) |
12.7.2018 |
|
|
inserted by 5/2018 s 5(2) |
12.7.2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 29 |
5.3.2018 |
|
|
inserted by 43/1994 s 18(a) |
9.6.1994 |
|
|
|
substituted by 74/2005 s 12 |
1.3.2007 |
|
amended by 66/1999 s 4(a) |
3.1.2000 |
|
|
|
amended by 43/2012 s 26 |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
amended by 9/2013 s 11(1) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
(a) deleted by 63/2016 s 119 |
1.7.2017 |
|
|
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 63(1), (2) |
1.1.2021 |
|
inserted by 9/2013 s 11(2) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
|
deleted by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 63(3) |
1.1.2021 |
|
inserted by 9/2013 s 11(2) |
1.7.2013 |
|
|
|
deleted by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 63(3) |
1.1.2021 |
|
deleted by 66/1999 s 4(b) |
3.1.2000 |
|
|
amended by 47/2013 s 10(1) |
17.5.2014 |
|
|
inserted by 47/2013 s 10(2) |
17.5.2014 |
|
|
|
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 63(4) |
1.1.2021 |
|
inserted by 43/1994 s 18(b) |
9.6.1994 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 30 |
5.3.2018 |
|
|
amended by 66/1999 s 5 |
3.1.2000 |
|
|
|
(a) deleted by 63/2016 s 120 |
1.7.2017 |
|
|
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 64 |
1.1.2021 |
|
inserted by 9/2013 s 12 |
5.5.2013 |
|
|
Pt 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 27 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
|
amended by 21/2019 s 16 |
19.9.2019 |
|
amended by 10/2017 s 28 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
inserted by 62/1993 s 16 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
amended by 84/1995 s 17 |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
inserted by 7/2008 s 23 |
23.11.2008 |
|
|
amended by 16/2015 s 21(1) |
1.7.2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
person to whom this section applies |
inserted by 16/2015 s 21(2) |
1.7.2016 |
|
sexual offence |
amended by 16/2015 s 21(3) |
1.7.2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 62/1993 s 17 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
|
amended by 46/1996 s 9 |
30.9.1996 |
|
|
amended by 17/2006 s 19 |
4.9.2006 |
|
|
amended by 10/2017 s 29 |
23.5.2017 |
|
|
amended by 15/2020 s 11 |
1.1.2021 |
|
amended by 70/2017 s 18 |
8.7.2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 50/2017 s 5(1) |
5.3.2018 |
|
|
s 50(1a) and (1b) |
inserted by 50/2017 s 5(2) |
5.3.2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 62/1993 s 18 |
1.7.1993 |
|
|
|
amended by 84/1995 s 18(a) |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
(c) and (d) deleted by 84/1995 s 18(b) |
21.12.1995 |
|
substituted by 84/1995 s 18(c) |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
|
amended by 49/2005 s 13 |
19.12.2005 |
|
|
amended by 7/2008 s 24(1) |
23.11.2008 |
|
|
amended by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 17 |
9.12.2011 |
|
|
amended by 11/2013 s 16(1) |
9.6.2013 |
|
|
amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 31 |
5.3.2018 |
|
|
amended by 53/2017 s 24 |
30.4.2018 |
|
amended by 65/1995 Sch cl 2(a) |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
|
substituted by 84/1995 s 18(c) |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
substituted by 7/2008 s 24(2) |
23.11.2008 |
|
inserted by 65/1995 Sch cl 2(b) |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
|
substituted by 84/1995 s 18(c) |
21.12.1995 |
|
inserted by 11/2013 s 16(2) |
9.6.2013 |
|
|
inserted by 65/1995 Sch cl 2(b) |
21.12.1995 |
|
|
|
substituted by 84/1995 s 18(c) |
21.12.1995 |
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inserted by 7/2008 s 24(3) |
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Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or
amendments
Statutes Repeal and Amendment (Courts)
Act 1991
20—Transitional provisions—Magistrates
Courts
(1) On the commencement of the Magistrates Court Act 1991 the
Registrars and non-judicial staff of local courts of limited and special
jurisdiction and of courts of summary jurisdiction are transferred to
corresponding positions on the staff of the Magistrates Court.
(2) Any proceedings commenced before a local court of limited or special
jurisdiction or a court of summary jurisdiction may be continued and completed
before the Magistrates Court.
(3) A preliminary examination commenced before a justice may be continued
and completed before the Magistrates Court, but the Court will apply the law as
in force at the commencement of the proceedings in all respects as if references
in that law to a justice were references to the Court.
23—Interpretation of Acts and
instruments
The following provisions apply to the interpretation of Acts and
instruments (whether of a legislative character or not):
(a) a reference to a District Court, a District Criminal Court or a Local
Court of Full Jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to the District
Court;
(b) a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction or a local court of
limited or special jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to the
Magistrates Court;
(c) a reference to an officer of a District Court, a District Criminal
Court or a Local Court of Full Jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to
an officer with corresponding functions and responsibilities in relation to the
District Court;
(d) a reference to an officer of a court of summary jurisdiction or a
local court of limited or special jurisdiction will be construed as a reference
to an officer with corresponding functions and responsibilities in relation to
the Magistrates Court.
Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff)
Act 1995
20—Transitional provision
(1) An appointment to a non-judicial office or position made or
purportedly made before the commencement of this Act in accordance with an Act
that is amended by this Act will be taken to have been duly made under the
statutory provisions that, as amended by this Act, provide for the making of
such an appointment as if this Act had been enacted and in force at the relevant
time.
Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial
Administration) Act 2001
19—Transitional provision
The amendments made to the principal Act by this Part—
(a) do not apply in respect of proceedings commenced before the
commencement of this Part (and those proceedings may continue as if this Act had
not been enacted); and
(b) apply in respect of proceedings commenced after the commencement of
this Part (including proceedings in respect of a claim arising before the
commencement of this Part).
Justices of the Peace Act 2005,
Sch 2
43—Transitional provision
An amendment made by Schedule 2 of the Justices of the Peace
Act 2005 to the Magistrates Court Act 1991 does not apply
in respect of proceedings commenced before the commencement of the amending
provision (and those proceedings may continue as if the amending provision had
not been enacted).
Statutes Amendment (Appeals) Act 2013,
Sch 1—Transitional provision
The amendments effected by this Act apply in relation to appeals
instituted after the commencement of this Act, regardless of whether the offence
to which the appeal relates was committed, or allegedly committed, before or
after the commencement of this Act.
Statutes Amendment (Courts Efficiency Reforms) Act
2012
27—Transitional provision
(1) The amendments made to sections 3 and 8 of the
Magistrates Court Act 1991 by sections 23 and
24—
(a) do not apply in respect of proceedings commenced before the
commencement of this Part (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 Part (including proceedings in respect of a claim arising before the
commencement of this Part).
(2) The amendments made to sections 9 and 42 of the
Magistrates Court Act 1991 by sections 25 and 26 apply in
relation to the sentencing of a person by the Magistrates Court following the
commencement of this Part (including the sentencing of a person for an offence
that occurred before that commencement) only if the proceedings for the relevant
offence were commenced on or after that commencement.
28—Review of certain
amendments
(1) The Attorney-General must, as soon as practicable after the first
anniversary of the commencement of section 23, conduct a review of the
operation and impact of the amendments made to the Magistrates Court
Act 1991 by that section.
(2) The Attorney-General must prepare a report based on the review and
must, within 12 sitting days after the report is prepared, cause copies of
the report to be laid before each House of Parliament.
Magistrates Court (Monetary Limits) Amendment Act
2016, Sch 1
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).
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act
2017, Sch 2 Pt 14
41—Transitional provision
The amendments made by this Act apply to proceedings relating to an offence
that are commenced after the commencement of this Act, regardless of when the
offence occurred (and the Acts amended by this Act, as in force before the
commencement of this Act, continue to apply to proceedings that were commenced
before the commencement of this Act).
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Appendix—Divisional
penalties and expiation fees
At the date of publication of this version divisional penalties and
expiation fees are, as provided by section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act
1915, as follows:
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Division |
Maximum imprisonment |
Maximum fine |
Expiation fee |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
15 years |
$60 000 |
— |
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2 |
10 years |
$40 000 |
— |
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3 |
7 years |
$30 000 |
— |
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4 |
4 years |
$15 000 |
— |
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5 |
2 years |
$8 000 |
— |
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6 |
1 year |
$4 000 |
$300 |
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7 |
6 months |
$2 000 |
$200 |
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8 |
3 months |
$1 000 |
$150 |
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9 |
– |
$500 |
$100 |
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10 |
– |
$200 |
$75 |
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11 |
– |
$100 |
$50 |
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12 |
– |
$50 |
$25 |
Note: This appendix is provided for convenience of reference
only.