Legislation Revision and Publication Variation Regulations 2016 (SA)

South Australia

Legislation Revision and Publication Variation Regulations 2016

under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2002

4            Insertion of regulations 5 and 6

5            Alterations that may be made in revising legislation

6            Publication of legislation

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Legislation Revision and Publication Variation Regulations 2016.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2002

4—Insertion of regulations 5 and 6

After regulation 4 insert:

5—Alterations that may be made in revising legislation

Pursuant to section 7(1)(i) of the Act, in revising legislation under the Act, language indicating gender, or that could be taken to indicate gender, may be expressed in a different way so as to avoid referring to gender.

6—Publication of legislation

(1)For the purposes of section 8 of the Act, legislation may be published under the Act by publishing an electronic copy of the legislation from the SA legislation website.

(2)For the purposes of section 8(3) of the Act, an electronic copy of legislation downloaded from the SA legislation website or a print of that electronic copy will, for the purposes of the Act and any other Act, be taken to be published under the Act if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)electronic publication of the legislation must have been authorised by the Commissioner;

(b)the following statement must appear at the foot of each page of the electronic copy of the legislation:

Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002.

(3)In this regulation—

SA legislation website means the website with the URL of or any other website established and maintained by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for the purpose of providing public access to the legislation of South Australia.

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation 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

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 3 November 2016

No 255 of 2016

AGO0132/16CS