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SHERIFF'S ACT 1978 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Sheriff's Act 1978 amended the following:

Supreme Court Act 1935

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

1978

82

Sheriff's Act 1978

30.11.1978

6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209)

1991

81

Sheriff's Act Amendment Act 1991

12.12.1991

6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209)

1995

85

Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff) Act 1995

30.11.1995

Pt 6 (ss 13 & 14)—14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1641)

1996

67

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1996

15.8.1996

Pt 15 (ss 27—29)—17.10.1996 (Gazette 17.10.1996 p1361)

2000

49

Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Security and Order at Courts and Other Places) Act 2000

20.7.2000

Pt 2 (ss 416) & Sch—29.9.2000 (Gazette 28.9.2000 p2221)

2012

20

Summary Offences (Weapons) Amendment Act 2012

24.5.2012

Sch 1 (cl 3)—15.12.2012 (Gazette 15.11.2012 p5009)

2015

46

Firearms Act 2015

17.12.2015

Sch 1 (cl 19)—1.7.2017 (Gazette 27.6.2017 p2619)

2017

50

Statutes Amendment (Court Fees) Act 2017

28.11.2017

Pt 4 (s 6)—5.3.2018 (Gazette 23.1.2018 p282)

2019

21

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 2) Act 2019

19.9.2019

Pt 13 (s 20)—19.9.2019: s 2(1)

2021

47

Statutes Amendment (Spit Hood Prohibition) Act 2021

25.11.2021

Pt 4 (s 5)—25.11.2021

2023

12

Statutes Amendment (Civil Enforcement) Act 2023

30.3.2023

Pt 3 (s 6)—18.9.2023 (Gazette 10.8.2023 p2955)

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

substituted by 49/2000 s 4

29.9.2000

Pt 1

heading inserted by 49/2000 s 5

29.9.2000

s 2

deleted by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 3

amended by 81/1991 s 3

6.7.1992


deleted by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 4



s 4(1)

s 4 redesignated as s 4(1) by 49/2000 s 6(d)

29.9.2000

Administrator

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(a)

29.9.2000

court

substituted by 81/1991 s 4(a)

6.7.1992


amended by 67/1996 s 27

17.10.1996


amended by 49/2000 s 6(b)

29.9.2000

judge

substituted by 81/1991 s 4(b)

6.7.1992

participating body

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(c)

29.9.2000

premises of a participating body

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(c)

29.9.2000


substituted by 21/2019 s 20

19.9.2019

principal officer

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(c)

29.9.2000

proceedings

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(c)

29.9.2000

restricted item

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(c)

29.9.2000


amended by 20/2012 Sch 1 cl 3

15.12.2012


amended by 46/2015 Sch 1 cl 19

1.7.2017

security officer

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(c)

29.9.2000

s 4(2)

inserted by 49/2000 s 6(d)

29.9.2000

Pt 2

heading inserted by 49/2000 s 7

29.9.2000

s 5

substituted by 81/1991 s 5

6.7.1992

s 5(3)

amended by 85/1995 s 13

14.12.1995

s 6

substituted by 81/1991 s 5

6.7.1992

s 6(1)

amended by 85/1995 s 14(a)

14.12.1995

s 6(2)

amended by 85/1995 s 14(b)

14.12.1995

s 6(4)

amended by 49/2000 s 8

29.9.2000

s 7



s 7(1) and (3)

amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 8

amended by 81/1991 s 6

6.7.1992


amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 9



s 9(1)

amended by 49/2000 ss 9, 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 9(2)

amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

Pt 3

inserted by 49/2000 s 10

29.9.2000

s 9DA

inserted by 12/2023 s 6

18.9.2023

s 9J

inserted by 47/2021 s 5

25.11.2021

Pt 4

heading inserted by 49/2000 s 11

29.9.2000

s 10

substituted by 81/1991 s 7

6.7.1992


substituted by 49/2000 s 12

29.9.2000

s 11



s 11(1)

amended by 67/1996 s 28(a), (b)

17.10.1996


substituted by 49/2000 s 13(a)

29.9.2000

s 11(2)

amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 11(3)

substituted by 49/2000 s 13(b)

29.9.2000

s 11(4)

deleted by 49/2000 s 13(c)

29.9.2000

s 11(5)

inserted by 67/1996 s 28(c)

17.10.1996


substituted by 49/2000 s 13(d)

29.9.2000

s 12



s 12(1)

amended by 81/1991 s 8

6.7.1992


amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 12(2)

amended by 81/1991 s 8

6.7.1992

s 12(3)

amended by 81/1991 s 8

6.7.1992


amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 13

deleted by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 14

amended by 49/2000 s 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000

s 15A

inserted by 49/2000 s 14

29.9.2000

s 16



s 16(1)—(3)

inserted by 49/2000 s 15(d)

29.9.2000

s 16(4)

s 16 amended by 67/1996 s 29

17.10.1996


s 16 amended by 49/2000 ss 15(a)—(c), 16 (Sch)

29.9.2000


s 16 redesignated as s 16(4) by 49/2000 s 15(d)

29.9.2000

s 16(5)

inserted by 50/2017 s 6

5.3.2018

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

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 and Repeal (Security and Order at Courts and Other Places) Act 2000

24—Transitional provision

(1) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this section, employed as a court orderly subject to the Public Sector Management Act 1995 continues in employment as a sheriff's officer and member of the staff of the State Courts Administration Council and will be taken to have been appointed by the sheriff as a security officer.

(2) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this section, employed as a court orderly but not subject to the Public Sector Management Act 1995 continues in employment as a sheriff's officer appointed under s 6(3) of the Sheriff's Act 1978 on the same terms and conditions as applied to the person's employment as a court orderly immediately before that commencement and will be taken to have been appointed by the sheriff as a security officer.

(3) Nothing in this section—

(a) affects an employee's remuneration; or

(b) affects the existing or accrued entitlements of an employee; or

(c) interrupts continuity of service; or

(d) constitutes a retrenchment or redundancy.

Summary Offences (Weapons) Amendment Act 2012, Sch 1 Pt 4—Transitional provision

4—Declarations by Minister continue

A declaration by the Minister in force under section 15(2d) of the Summary Offences Act 1953 immediately before the commencement of section 5 continues in force as if it were a declaration by the Minister under section 21F of that Act (as in force after the commencement of section 5).

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—6.7.1992


Reprint No 2—14.12.1995


Reprint No 3—17.10.1996


Reprint No 4—29.9.2000


15.12.2012


1.7.2017


5.3.2018


19.9.2019


25.11.2021




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