South Australian Current Acts

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2000 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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Formerly

Electronic Transactions Act 2000

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2000	72	Electronic Transactions Act 2000	7.12.2000	1.11.2002 (Gazette 29.8.2002 p3212)
2011	28	Electronic Transactions (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2011	21.7.2011	1.3.2012 (Gazette 23.2.2012 p839)
2017	7	Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Simplify) Act 2017	15.3.2017	Pt 8 (ss 37—48)—1.9.2017 immediately after the commencement of 9/2017 (Gazette 29.8.2017 p3795)
2017	9	Electronic Transactions (Legal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2017	11.4.2017	1.9.2017 (Gazette 29.8.2017 p3794)
2017	36	Summary Procedure (Service) Amendment Act 2017	22.8.2017	Sch 1 (cll 1—3)—4.3.2018 (Gazette 23.1.2018 p283)

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 7/2017 s 37	1.9.2017
Pt 1
s 1	amended by 7/2017 s 38	1.9.2017
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002
s 3	amended by 7/2017 s 39	1.9.2017
s 4
s 4(1)	s 4 redesignated as s 4(1) by 28/2011 s 4	1.3.2012
	amended by 7/2017 s 40(1)	1.9.2017
	amended by 36/2017 Sch 1 cl 1	4.3.2018
s 4(2)	inserted by 28/2011 s 4	1.3.2012
s 4(3)	inserted by 7/2017 s 40(2)	1.9.2017
s 5
s 5(1)
addressee	inserted by 28/2011 s 5(1)	1.3.2012
approved information system	inserted by 7/2017 s 41(1)	1.9.2017
automated message system	inserted by 28/2011 s 5(1)	1.3.2012
government agency	inserted by 7/2017 s 41(2)	1.9.2017
government document	inserted by 7/2017 s 41(2)	1.9.2017
law of the jurisdiction	amended by 9/2017 s 4	1.9.2017
originator	inserted by 28/2011 s 5(2)	1.3.2012
performance	inserted by 28/2011 s 5(2)	1.3.2012
place of business	substituted by 28/2011 s 5(2)	1.3.2012
responsible Minister	inserted by 7/2017 s 41(3)	1.9.2017
transaction	substituted by 28/2011 s 5(3)	1.3.2012
	amended by 7/2017 s 41(4)	1.9.2017
usage rules	inserted by 7/2017 s 41(5)	1.9.2017
s 5(3)	inserted by 7/2017 s 41(6)	1.9.2017
s 6A	inserted by 28/2011 s 6	1.3.2012
s 6A(1)	amended by 7/2017 s 42	1.9.2017
Pt 2
Pt 2 Div 1
heading	amended by 7/2017 s 43	1.9.2017
s 7
s 7(2)	substituted by 7/2017 s 44	1.9.2017
s 7(3)	deleted by 28/2011 s 7	1.3.2012
	inserted by 7/2017 s 44	1.9.2017
s 7(4)	deleted by 28/2011 s 7	1.3.2012
Pt 2 Div 2
s 8
s 8(2a) and (2b)	inserted by 9/2017 s 5	1.9.2017
s 8(3)	substituted by 7/2017 s 45	1.9.2017
s 8(3a)	inserted by 7/2017 s 45	1.9.2017
s 9
s 9(1)	amended by 28/2011 s 8(1), (2)	1.3.2012
s 9(1a) and (1b)	inserted by 9/2017 s 6	1.9.2017
s 9(2)	amended by 28/2011 s 8(3)	1.3.2012
	substituted by 7/2017 s 46	1.9.2017
s 9(2a)	inserted by 7/2017 s 46	1.9.2017
s 9(3)	inserted by 28/2011 s 8(4)	1.3.2012
s 10
s 10(2a) and (2b)	inserted by 9/2017 s 7	1.9.2017
s 10(4)	substituted by 7/2017 s 47	1.9.2017
s 10(4a)	inserted by 7/2017 s 47	1.9.2017
s 12	deleted by 28/2011 s 9	1.3.2012
Pt 2 Div 3
s 13	substituted by 28/2011 s 10	1.3.2012
s 13(1)	amended by 36/2017 Sch 1 cl 2(1)	4.3.2018
s 13(2)	amended by 36/2017 Sch 1 cl 2(2)	4.3.2018
s 13A	inserted by 28/2011 s 10	1.3.2012
s 13B	inserted by 28/2011 s 10	1.3.2012
s 13B(1)	amended by 36/2017 Sch 1 cl 3	4.3.2018
s 14
s 14(3) and (4)	deleted by 28/2011 s 11	1.3.2012
Pt 2A	inserted by 28/2011 s 12	1.3.2012
Pt 3	substituted by 7/2017 s 48	1.9.2017
Pt 4	inserted by 7/2017 s 48	1.9.2017

Historical versions

1.3.2012
1.9.2017