Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Bill 2022 (SA)

South Australia Statutes Amendment (Attorney‑General's Portfolio) Bill 2022 A Bill For An Act to amend the Bail Act 1985, the Burial and Cremation Act 2013 and the Correctional Services Act 1982.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Bail Act 1985 3 Amendment of section 6—Nature of bail agreement 4 Amendment of section 7—Guarantee of bail 5 Amendment of section 8—Form of application Part 3—Amendment of Burial and Cremation Act 2013 6 Amendment of section 10—Cremation permits Part 4—Amendment of Correctional Services Act 1982 7 Amendment of section 66—Automatic release on parole for certain prisoners

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Statutes Amendment (Attorney‑General's Portfolio) Act 2022. 2—Commencement (1) Subject to this section, this Act comes into operation on the day on which it is assented to by the Governor. (2) Part 2 comes into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation. (3) Part 4 comes into operation immediately after section 26(2) of the Correctional Services (Accountability and Other Measures) Amendment Act 2021 comes into operation.

Part 2—Amendment of Bail Act 1985 3—Amendment of section 6—Nature of bail agreement Section 6(2)—delete "be in the prescribed form" and substitute: — (a) if the bail authority is a court—be in a form determined by that court; or (b) in any other case—be in the prescribed form. 4—Amendment of section 7—Guarantee of bail Section 7(2)—delete "be in the prescribed form" and substitute: — (a) if the bail authority is a court—be in a form determined by that court; or (b) in any other case—be in the prescribed form. 5—Amendment of section 8—Form of application Section 8(1)(a)—delete "be in the prescribed form" and substitute: — (a) if the bail authority is a court—be in a form determined by that court; or (b) in any other case—be in the prescribed form.