Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Human Remains Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SA)

South Australia

Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Human Remains Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2022

under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation (General) Regulations 2021

3            Insertion of regulation 12A

12A         Exemption from requirement to report human remains

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Human Remains Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2022.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which section 3 of the Criminal Law Consolidation (Human Remains) Amendment Act 2022 comes into operation.

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation (General) Regulations 2021

3—Insertion of regulation 12A

After regulation 12 insert:

12A—Exemption from requirement to report human remains

(1)For the purposes of section 179(2)(d) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed—

(a)where the human remains or thing are archaeological artefacts and the discovery of the human remains or thing has been reported in accordance with section 27(2) of the Heritage Places Act 1993;

(b)where the human remains or thing are archaeological artefacts that are discovered by the person while operating under a permit issued in accordance with the Heritage Places Act 1993.

(2)In this regulation—

archaeological artefact has the same meaning as in the Heritage Places Act 1993.

Editorial note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor's Deputy

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 15 December 2022

No 115 of 2022