South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) The
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of
Liability) Act 2001 (the "principal Act") and the amendments made to the
principal Act by this Act are intended to apply only prospectively.
(2) It follows
that—
(a) the
law of the State, as in force before the commencement of the principal Act,
applies to a cause of action that arose before its commencement; and
(b) a
cause of action that arose after the commencement of the principal Act but
before the commencement of Part 3 of that Act is unaffected by that Part.