South Australian Current Acts

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2011 - 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Legislation repealed by principal Act

The South Australian Public Health Act 2011 repealed the following:

Public and Environmental Health Act 1987

Legislation amended by principal Act

The South Australian Public Health Act 2011 amended the following:

Electricity Act 1996

Emergency Management Act 2004

Essential Services Act 1981

Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005

Gas Act 1997

Health Care Act 2008

Summary Offences Act 1953

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2011	21	South Australian Public Health Act 2011	16.6.2011	23.2.2012 (Gazette 23.2.2012 p840) except s 14, Pt 3 Div 6, Pts 9—11 and Sch 1 cll 1—10, 14 & 15—16.9.2012 (Gazette 30.8.2012 p3945) and except—ss 43, 45—47—20.12.2012 and Pt 4 Div 2—1.1.2013 (Gazette 20.12.2012 p5743) and except s 44, Pts 6 & 7, Pt 12 Divs 1 & 2 and s 95(1)—(11), (17), (18) & 96—16.6.2013 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)
2013	16	Statutes Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2013	23.5.2013	Pt 46 (ss 96 & 97)—17.6.2013 (Gazette 6.6.2013 p2498)
2019	8	South Australian Public Health (Early Childhood Services and Immunisation) Amendment Act 2019	9.5.2019	1.7.2019 except ss 96B & 96C(1)(b) (as inserted by s 4)—1.1.2020 (Gazette 27.6.2019 p2321)
2019	14	Statutes Amendment (SACAT) Act 2019	11.7.2019	Pt 27 (ss 165 to 171)—2.12.2019 (Gazette 21.11.2019 p3928)
2020	1	South Australian Public Health (Controlled Notifiable Conditions) Amendment Act 2020	5.3.2020	5.3.2020
2020	7	COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020	9.4.2020	Sch 3 (cl 4)—9.4.2020: s 2(1)
2020	12	South Australian Public Health (Early Childhood Services and Immunisation) Amendment Act 2020	7.5.2020	7.8.2020: s 2
2021	25	Statutes Amendment (COVID-19 Permanent Measures) Act 2021	17.6.2021	Pt 10 (ss 19 to 24)—9.9.2021 (Gazette 18.8.2021 p3099)
2022	1	South Australian Public Health (COVID-19) Amendment Act 2022	24.5.2022	Pt 2 (s 3) & Sch 2—24.5.2022 (Gazette 24.5.2022 p1200)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Long title	amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2019
Pt 1
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2019
s 3
s 3(1)
Tribunal	inserted by 14/2019 s 165	2.12.2019
Pt 7
s 59
s 59(3)	inserted by 16/2013 s 96	17.6.2013
Pt 9
s 66
s 66(2a)	inserted by 25/2021 s 19	9.9.2021
Pt 10
s 73
s 73(8)	substituted by 1/2020 s 3	5.3.2020
s 73(8a)	inserted by 1/2020 s 3	5.3.2020
	amended by 25/2021 s 20	9.9.2021
s 74
s 74(3)	substituted by 1/2020 s 4	5.3.2020
s 74(3a)	inserted by 1/2020 s 4	5.3.2020
	amended by 25/2021 s 21	9.9.2021
s 75
s 75(1)	amended by 1/2020 s 5(1)	5.3.2020
s 75(3)	substituted by 1/2020 s 5(2)	5.3.2020
s 75(3a)	inserted by 1/2020 s 5(2)	5.3.2020
	amended by 25/2021 s 22	9.9.2021
s 75(4)	amended by 1/2020 s 5(3)	5.3.2020
s 76
s 76(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 166(1)	2.12.2019
s 76(3)	amended by 14/2019 s 166(2)	2.12.2019
s 76(4)	deleted by 14/2019 s 166(3)	2.12.2019
s 76(5)	amended by 14/2019 s 166(4)	2.12.2019
s 76(6)	deleted by 14/2019 s 166(5)	2.12.2019
s 77
s 77(1)	substituted by 1/2020 s 6(1)	5.3.2020
s 77(3)	substituted by 1/2020 s 6(2)	5.3.2020
s 77(3a)	inserted by 1/2020 s 6(2)	5.3.2020
	amended by 25/2021 s 23(1)	9.9.2021
s 77(4)	amended by 1/2020 s 6(3)	5.3.2020
s 77(5a)	inserted by 25/2021 s 23(2)	9.9.2021
s 77(6)	substituted by 1/2020 s 6(4)	5.3.2020
s 77(7)	amended by 1/2020 s 6(5)	5.3.2020
s 77(8a) and (8b)	inserted by 1/2020 s 6(6)	5.3.2020
s 77(13)	amended by 1/2020 s 6(7)	5.3.2020
s 77(15)	inserted by 25/2021 s 23(3)	9.9.2021
s 79
s 79(1)	amended by 1/2020 s 7(1)	5.3.2020
s 79(2)	amended by 1/2020 s 7(2)	5.3.2020
Pt 11A	inserted by 1/2022 s 3	24.5.2022
s 90C	expired: s 90E(1)(b)	(23.11.2022)
Pt 12
s 92
s 92(5)	amended by 14/2019 s 167(1)	2.12.2019
s 92(7)	amended by 14/2019 s 167(2)	2.12.2019
s 95
s 95(15)	amended by 14/2019 s 168	2.12.2019
s 96
s 96(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 169(1)—(3)	2.12.2019
s 96(2)	amended by 14/2019 s 169(4)	2.12.2019
s 96(3)	substituted by 14/2019 s 169(5)	2.12.2019
s 96(4)	amended by 14/2019 s 169(6)—(8)	2.12.2019
Pt 12A	inserted by 8/2019 s 4	1.7.2019 except ss 96B & 96C(1)(b)—1.1.2020
s 96A
s 96A(1)	s 96A redesignated as s 96A(1) by 12/2020 s 4(2)	7.8.2020
early childhood service	amended by 12/2020 s 4(1)	7.8.2020
ss 96BA and 96BB	inserted by 12/2020 s 5	7.8.2020
s 96E
s 96E(4)	amended by 12/2020 s 6	7.8.2020
Pt 13
s 99
s 99(2)	amended by 25/2021 s 24	9.9.2021
s 101
s 101(4)	amended by 1/2020 s 8(1)	5.3.2020
s 101(5) and (6)	inserted by 1/2020 s 8(2)	5.3.2020
s 103A	inserted by 7/2020 Sch 3 cl 4	9.4.2020
s 106	substituted by 16/2013 s 97	17.6.2013
s 108
s 108(1)	amended by 14/2019 s 170(1), (2)	2.12.2019
Sch 1
Pts 1—9	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2019

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (SACAT) Act 2019, Pt 27

171—Transitional provisions

(1) A right of review under section 76 or 96 of the principal Act in existence before the relevant day (but not exercised before that day) will be exercised as if this Part had been in operation before that right arose, so that the relevant proceedings may be commenced before the Tribunal rather than the District Court.

(2) Nothing in this section affects any proceedings before the District Court commenced before the relevant day.

(3) In this section—

principal Act means the South Australian Public Health Act 2011;

relevant day means the day on which this Part comes into operation;

Tribunal means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.

South Australian Public Health (COVID-19) Amendment Act 2022, Sch 2—Transitional provisions

1—Interpretation

In this Schedule—

last relevant emergency declaration means the relevant emergency declaration in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule;

relevant direction means a direction or requirement apparently in force under section 25 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 immediately before the cessation of the last relevant emergency declaration;

relevant emergency declaration means a declaration under section 23 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 in respect of the outbreak of COVID-19 within South Australia.

2—Continuation of directions

(1) On the cessation of the last relevant emergency declaration, a relevant direction continues in force as a direction under section 90C of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011 (as inserted by this Act) whether or not it is a direction of a kind that could be made under that section as in force after the commencement of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, a reference in a relevant direction—

(a) to an authorised officer will be taken to be a reference to an emergency officer under the South Australian Public Health Act 2011; and

(b) to the State Co-ordinator will (where the context permits) be taken to be a reference to the Chief Public Health Officer; and

(c) to another relevant direction will be taken to be a reference to that direction as continued in force under subclause (1).

(3) If a relevant direction continues in force under subclause (1), any approval or exemption granted under that direction that is in force immediately before the cessation of the last relevant emergency declaration also continues in force as if it had been granted under the direction as continued under subclause (1).

3—Emergency officers

A person who was, immediately before the cessation of the last relevant emergency declaration, appointed as an authorised officer under section 17 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 will, on the cessation of the last relevant emergency declaration, be taken to be appointed as an emergency officer under the South Australian Public Health Act 2011 and—

(a) any conditions applying to the person's appointment under the Emergency Management Act 2004 will also apply to the person's appointment under the South Australian Public Health Act 2011; and

(b) the identity card issued to the person under the Emergency Management Act 2004 will be taken to be the person's identity card under section 48 of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011.

Historical versions

17.6.2013
1.7.2019
2.12.2019
1.1.2020
5.3.2020
9.4.2020
7.8.2020
9.9.2021