South Australian Current Acts

RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEASES ACT 1995 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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Formerly

Retail Shop Leases Act 1995

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Retail and Commercial Leases Act 1995 amended the following:

Magistrates Court Act 1991

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
1995	14	Retail Shop Leases Act 1995	6.4.1995	30.6.1995 (Gazette 29.6.1995 p2976) except ss 63—66—16.9.1996 (Gazette 12.9.1996 p1124)
1996	38	Statutes Amendment (Community Titles) Act 1996	9.5.1996	ss 31 & 32—4.11.1996 (Gazette 31.10.1996 p1460)
1997	56	Retail Shop Leases Amendment Act 1997	31.7.1997	6.10.1997 (Gazette 4.9.1997 p612)
1998	77	Shop Trading Hours (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1998	17.12.1998	s 10—8.6.1999 (Gazette 25.3.1999 p1462)
1999	33	Financial Sector Reform (South Australia) Act 1999	17.6.1999	Sch (item 46)—1.7.1999 being the date specified under s 3(16) of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 of the Commonwealth as the transfer date for the purposes of that Act: s 2(2)
1999	55	Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1999	12.8.1999	s 9—3.10.1999 (Gazette 30.9.1999 p1341)
2001	43	Retail and Commercial Leases (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2001	3.8.2001	4.2.2002 (Gazette 15.1.2002 p186)
2001	63	Retail and Commercial Leases (Casual Mall Licences) Amendment Act 2001	6.12.2001	1.9.2002 (Gazette 22.8.2002 p3100)
2001	69	Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration) Act 2001	6.12.2001	Pt 12 (ss 28 & 29)—3.2.2002 (Gazette 24.1.2002 p346)
2003	19	Shop Trading Hours (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2003	19.6.2003	Sch (cl 2)—7.7.2003 (Gazette 19.6.2003 p2598)
2003	44	Statute Law Revision Act 2003	23.10.2003	Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048)
2009	84	Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 132 (ss 300 & 301)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)
2011	41	Small Business Commissioner Act 2011	10.11.2011	Sch 1 (cll 34—36)—22.3.2012 (Gazette 15.3.2012 p992)
2012	43	Statutes Amendment (Courts Efficiency Reforms) Act 2012	22.11.2012	Pt 11 (ss 33 & 34)—1.7.2013 (Gazette 16.5.2013 p1541)
2019	47	Retail and Commercial Leases (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2019	19.12.2019	Pt 2 (ss 4 to 29)—1.7.2020 (Gazette 14.5.2020 p962)
2023	39	Public Holidays Act 2023	7.12.2023	Sch 1 (cl 19)—1.1.2024: s 2
2024	65	Statutes Amendment (Small Business Commission and Retail and Commercial Leases) Act 2024	5.12.2024	Pt 3 (ss 23 to 49)—uncommenced

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Long title	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
Pt 1
s 1	substituted by 56/1997 s 3	6.10.1997
s 2	deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 3
s 3(1)
certified exclusionary clause	inserted by 56/1997 s 4(a)	6.10.1997
Commissioner	amended by 41/2011 Sch 1 cl 34	22.3.2012
GST	inserted by 47/2019 s 4(1)	1.7.2020
GST law	inserted by 47/2019 s 4(1)	1.7.2020
public company	inserted by 47/2019 s 4(2)	1.7.2020
retail shopping centre	amended by 38/1996 s 31	4.11.1996
statutory rights of security of tenure	inserted by 56/1997 s 4(b)	6.10.1997
subsidiary	inserted by 47/2019 s 4(3)	1.7.2020
s 3(1a)	inserted by 47/2019 s 4(4)	1.7.2020
s 4 before substitution by 47/2019
s 4(2)	amended by 56/1997 s 5	6.10.1997
	amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 46)	1.7.1999
s 4	substituted by 47/2019 s 5	1.7.2020
s 6A	inserted by 47/2019 s 6	1.7.2020
Pt 2
s 8	deleted by 41/2011 Sch 1 cl 35	22.3.2012
s 9	amended by 47/2019 s 7	1.7.2020
s 10	deleted by 84/2009 s 300	1.2.2010
Pt 3
s 11	substituted by 47/2019 s 8	1.7.2020
s 12
s 12(1)	substituted by 47/2019 s 9(1)	1.7.2020
s 12(1a)	inserted by 47/2019 s 9(1)	1.7.2020
s 12(2) and (3)	substituted by 56/1997 s 6	6.10.1997
s 12(3a)	inserted by 56/1997 s 6	6.10.1997
s 12(4)	substituted by 47/2019 s 9(2)	1.7.2020
s 12(4a) and (4b)	inserted by 47/2019 s 9(2)	1.7.2020
s 13	substituted by 56/1997 s 7	6.10.1997
s 13(1)	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 14
s 14(1)	amended by 47/2019 s 10(1)	1.7.2020
preparatory costs	amended by 56/1997 s 8	6.10.1997
s 14(2)	amended by 47/2019 s 10(2)	1.7.2020
s 15
s 15(2)	amended by 47/2019 s 11	1.7.2020
s 16	substituted by 47/2019 s 12	1.7.2020
s 17	deleted by 56/1997 s 9	6.10.1997
Pt 4
s 19
s 19(1)	substituted by 47/2019 s 13(1)	1.7.2020
s 19(1a)	inserted by 47/2019 s 13(1)	1.7.2020
s 19(2)	amended by 47/2019 s 13(2)	1.7.2020
s 19(5)	amended by 47/2019 s 13(3)	1.7.2020
s 20
s 20(4)	amended by 47/2019 s 14(1)	1.7.2020
s 20(5)	amended by 47/2019 s 14(2)	1.7.2020
s 20AA	inserted by 47/2019 s 15	1.7.2020
Pt 4A	inserted by 56/1997 s 10	6.10.1997
s 20B
s 20B(2)	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 20B(3)	amended by 47/2019 s 16	1.7.2020
s 20E
s 20E(3)	amended by 39/2023 Sch 1 cl 19	1.1.2024
s 20K
s 20K(3)	substituted by 47/2019 s 17	1.7.2020
s 20K(4)	inserted by 47/2019 s 17	1.7.2020
s 20L
s 20L(2)	amended by 47/2019 s 18	1.7.2020
s 20M	amended by 47/2019 s 19	1.7.2020
Pt 5
s 22
s 22(1) and (4)	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 23
s 23(1)	amended by 47/2019 s 20	1.7.2020
s 24
s 24(5)	amended by 47/2019 s 21	1.7.2020
s 25	deleted by 56/1997 s 11	6.10.1997
ss 27 and 28	deleted by 56/1997 s 12	6.10.1997
s 29	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 32	amended by 56/1997 s 13	6.10.1997
	amended by 47/2019 s 22(1), (2)	1.7.2020
s 35
s 35(1)	amended by 47/2019 s 23	1.7.2020
Pt 6
s 38
s 38(3)	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 42	deleted by 56/1997 s 14	6.10.1997
Pt 7
s 44
s 44(2)	amended by 47/2019 s 24	1.7.2020
s 44(3)	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 45	amended by 43/2001 s 3	4.2.2002
s 45A	inserted by 43/2001 s 4	4.2.2002
ss 47—49	deleted by 56/1997 s 15	6.10.1997
Pt 8
s 51	amended by 47/2019 s 25	1.7.2020
s 52	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 55	amended by 47/2019 s 26	1.7.2020
s 57	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 60
s 60(2)	amended by 56/1997 s 16	6.10.1997
s 61
s 61(1)	amended by 19/2003 Sch cl 2(1)	7.7.2003
s 61(2a)	inserted by 77/1998 s 10	8.6.1999
s 61(4)	substituted by 19/2003 Sch cl 2(2)	7.7.2003
s 61(6)	inserted by 19/2003 Sch cl 2(3)	7.7.2003
s 62
s 62(1)	s 62 redesignated as s 62(1) by 38/1996 s 32	4.11.1996
s 62(2)	inserted by 38/1996 s 32	4.11.1996
s 62A	inserted by 63/2001 s 3	1.9.2002
Pt 9
s 69
s 69(1)	amended by 69/2001 s 28	3.2.2002
	amended by 43/2012 s 33	1.7.2013
Pt 11
s 73
s 73(4)	inserted by 84/2009 s 301	1.2.2010
Pt 12
s 75	amended by 47/2019 s 27	1.7.2020
s 77
s 77(2)	amended by 47/2019 s 28(1)	1.7.2020
s 77(4)	amended by 47/2019 s 28(2)	1.7.2020
s 76
s 76(4)	substituted by 55/1999 s 9(a)	3.10.1999
s 76(6)	amended by 55/1999 s 9(b)	3.10.1999
s 78
s 78(1)	amended by 41/2011 Sch 1 cl 36(1), (2)	22.3.2012
s 78(2)	amended by 41/2011 Sch 1 cl 36(2)	22.3.2012
s 80	substituted by 47/2019 s 29	1.7.2020
s 81
s 81(2)	amended by 56/1997 s 17	6.10.1997
s 82	deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
Sch	deleted by 56/1997 s 18	6.10.1997
	inserted by 63/2001 s 4	1.9.2002

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration) Act 2001

29—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).

Statutes Amendment (Courts Efficiency Reforms) Act 2012

34—Transitional provision

The amendment made to the Retail and Commercial Leases Act 1995 by this Part—

(a) does 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) applies 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).

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—4.11.1996
Reprint No 2—6.10.1997
Reprint No 3—8.6.1999
Reprint No 4—1.7.1999
Reprint No 5—3.10.1999
Reprint No 6—4.2.2002
Reprint No 7—1.9.2002
Reprint No 8—7.7.2003
Reprint No 9—24.11.2003
1.2.2010
22.3.2012
1.7.2013
1.7.2020