Legislative Instruments Act 1978 (SA)

South Australia Legislative Instruments Act 1978 An Act relating to the making and publishing of certain legislative instruments; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 4 Interpretation 7 Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 9 Application of Act Part 2—Making of regulations etc 10 Making of regulations 10AA Commencement of regulations 10A Regulations to be referred to Legislative Review Committee 11 Publishing of regulations 13 Numbering of regulations Part 3A—Expiry of regulations 16A Regulations to which this Part applies 16B Expiry of regulations to which this Part applies 16C Postponement of expiry Part 3B—Commencement of other legislative instruments 16D Commencement of legislative instruments other than regulations Part 4—Miscellaneous 16E General provisions relating to all legislative instruments 16F Disallowance of repealing legislative instrument revives repealed instrument 16G Time of disallowance 17 Regulations Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Legislative Instruments Act 1978. 4—Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— regulation means any regulation, rule or by-law made under an Act. 7—Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act (3) Where in any Act passed before the commencement of this Act a reference express or implied is made to section 38 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915, as in force from time to time, that reference shall, on and after that commencement, be read as a reference to section 10 of this Act. 9—Application of Act (1) The Governor may, by proclamation, declare that a provision of this Act that is expressed as applying only to regulations applies, in addition, to other legislative instruments of a kind specified in the proclamation. (2) A proclamation may be made under this section in relation to a legislative instrument made under an Act regardless of whether that Act was passed before or after the commencement of this section.