Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017 under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

Contents 1 Short title 3 Interpretation 4 Definition of legislation 5 Alterations that may be made in revising legislation 6 Publication of legislation 7 Evidence Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017. 3—Interpretation In these regulations— Act means the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002. 4—Definition of legislation For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of legislation in section 3 of the Act, the following are legislative instruments of a prescribed kind: (a) an environment protection policy made under Part 5 of the Environment Protection Act 1993 (other than a national environment protection measure that became an environment protection policy under section 28A(1) of the Act before that section was repealed); (b) an aquaculture policy made under Part 4 of the Aquaculture Act 2001 on or after 1 January 2005; (c) a rule made by the Governor under the Road Traffic Act 1961; (d) a proclamation made by the Governor under an Act on or after 1 January 2003; (e) a notice made by the Governor under an Act and published in the Gazette on or after 1 January 2003 (other than a notice made by the Governor under the Justices of the Peace Act 2005); (f) a direction or requirement of the State Co‑ordinator under section 25 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 in respect of the outbreak of the human disease named COVID‑19 within South Australia that— (i) applies to persons generally throughout the State; and (ii) is issued in the form of a written instrument (whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph); (g) a direction or requirement of the Chief Executive (within the meaning of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011) under section 25 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 (as applied pursuant to section 90(1) of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011) in respect of the outbreak of the human disease named COVID‑19 within South Australia that— (i) applies to persons generally throughout the State; and (ii) is issued in the form of a written instrument (whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph). 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. (2a) However, the condition set out in subregulation (2)(b) does not apply in relation to legislation of a kind referred to in regulation 4(f) or (g). (3) In this regulation— SA legislation website means the website with the URL of www.legislation.sa.gov.au 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. 7—Evidence (1) For the purposes of section 9(3) of the Act, the SA legislation website is prescribed. (2) In this regulation— SA legislation website means the website with the URL of www.legislation.sa.gov.au 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.