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SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2016 - 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 Surveillance Devices Act 2016 amended the following:

Criminal Investigation (Covert Operations) Act 2009

Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

2016

2

Surveillance Devices Act 2016

18.2.2016

18.12.2017 (Gazette 12.12.2017 p4961)

2017

41

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 2) Act 2017

24.10.2017

Pt 9 (s 16)—24.10.2017

2018

29

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2018

15.11.2018

Pt 5 (ss 10 & 11)—15.11.2018: s 2(1)

2019

21

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

19.9.2019

Pt 17 (s 25)—7.11.2019 (Gazette 31.10.2019 p3618)

2021

38

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (CPIPC Recommendations) Amendment Act 2021

7.10.2021

Sch 1 (cll 56 to 59 & 76)—7.10.2021: s 2

2023

27

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 4) Act 2023

21.9.2023

Pt 2 (s 3)—21.9.2023: s 2

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 under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

15.11.2018

Pt 1



s 2

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

15.11.2018

s 3



s 3(1)



chief officer

amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 56(1)

7.10.2021

Independent Commission Against Corruption

inserted by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 56(2)

7.10.2021

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption

inserted by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 56(2)

7.10.2021

investigating agency

amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 56(3)

7.10.2021

officer of an investigating agency

amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 56(4)

7.10.2021

review agency

amended by 41/2017 s 16

24.10.2017


amended by 29/2018 s 10

15.11.2018


amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 56(5)

7.10.2021


amended by 27/2023 s 3

21.9.2023

Pt 2



s 12



s 12(1a)

inserted by 21/2019 s 25

7.11.2019

Pt 4



s 28

amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 57(1), (2)

7.10.2021

s 31

amended by 29/2018 s 11

15.11.2018

Pt 5



cl 35



cl 35(3)

amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 58

7.10.2021

Sch 1



Pts 1—3

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

15.11.2018

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (CPIPC Recommendations) Amendment Act 2021, Sch 1 Pts 18 & 21—Savings and transitional provisions

59—Transitional provisions—Surveillance Devices Act 2016

(1) A warrant in force under the Surveillance Devices Act 2016 immediately before the commencement of this Part that was issued for the purposes of the investigation of a matter by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption will continue in force.

(2) Any evidence obtained, before the commencement of this Part, directly or indirectly as a result of a warrant issued under the Surveillance Devices Act 2016 for the purposes of the investigation of a matter by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption is not inadmissible in any proceedings merely because the evidence was obtained before the commencement of this Act.

76—Savings and transitional regulations

Regulations may be made under any Act amended by this Act (including under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 as in force after the commencement of this Act) to make provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or on the commencement of specified provisions of this Act.

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 4) Act 2023, Sch 1—Transitional provision

1—Reviews

(1) Despite section 32 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2016, any review required to be conducted under that section after 31 August 2022 that has not been completed before the commencement of this clause is instead required to be conducted as part of the next review that occurs under section 32 after the commencement of this clause.

Historical versions

18.12.2017


15.11.2018


7.11.2019


7.10.2021




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