South Australia
Legislation Interpretation Act 2021
An Act to provide general rules for the interpretation of Acts and legislative instruments of the State, to define certain terms used in the Acts and legislative instruments of the State and for other purposes.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
3 Application of Act
Part 2—Definitions and rules about the meaning of words
4 Standard definitions
5 References to professions registered under Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
6 Definitions to be read in context
7 Parts of speech and grammatical forms
8 Inclusion of digital material
9 Words relating to gender
10 Use of singular and plural
11 Meaning of may, must and shall
12 Meaning of expressions used in legislative instruments
13 References to signing or execution of documents
Part 3—General interpretative provisions
14 Interpretation best achieving purpose or object
15 Interpretation so as not to exceed legislative power
16 Use of extrinsic material in interpretation
17 Act or instrument deemed always speaking
18 Abrogation of presumption that re-enactment etc constitutes Parliamentary approval of prior interpretation
19 Material that is part of Act or instrument
20 Use of examples
21 Things to be done by Governor to mean by Governor with advice of Executive Council
22 Determining whether Act or instrument binds Crown
23 Date of establishment of State
24 Declaration of validity of laws made before Australia Acts
25 Acts taken to be public Acts
26 No requirement for separate enacting words
Part 4—Commencement, amendment, replacement, repeal and expiry
27 Commencement of Acts
28 Time of commencement
29 Expiry
30 Time of expiry
31 Use of headings to indicate amending provisions
32 Effect of repeal, amendment or expiry
33 Saving of administrative acts and instruments when provisions replaced
34 Amendment or repeal of Act in session in which it was passed
Part 5—Citation and references
35 Citation and references to other enactments
36 References to amended or replaced Acts, legislative instruments and provisions
Part 6—Functions and powers
37 Performance of functions
38 Performance of functions under provision before commencement
39 Certain meetings etc may occur remotely
40 Power to make instrument includes power to amend or repeal
41 Powers of appointment
42 Gender balance in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies
43 Powers of delegation
Part 7—Time, distance, age and amounts
44 Calculating time
45 References to time
46 Part-day public holidays and periods of time
47 References to number of sitting days
48 Measuring distance
49 Attaining particular age
50 Rounding down of monetary amounts
Part 8—Documents provided under an Act
51 Service of documents
52 Compliance with forms
Part 9—Penalties and proceedings for offences
53 Penalties
54 Standard scales for penalties and expiation fees
55 Fines etc to be paid into Treasury
56 References to offences
57 Who may proceed for recovery of penalties
58 Interpretation of references to summary proceedings, complaints etc
59 Offences punishable under more than 1 law
Part 10—Miscellaneous
60 Regulations
Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
Part 7—Transitional provisions
24 Bills introduced before commencement of…