Legislation Interpretation Act 2021 (SA)

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 section 19 25 References to time Legislative history