South Australian Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1915

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   3A.     Application of this Act to Acts or statutory instruments whenever passed or made
   4.      Interpretation
   4AA.    Parts of speech and grammatical forms
   4A.     Date of establishment of the State

   PART 2--Provisions of special application to Acts and Bills

   5.      Acts to be deemed to be public Acts
   6.      No requirement for separate enacting words
   7.      Commencement of Acts
   7A.     Amendment or repeal of Act in session in which it was passed
   10.     Evidence of date of assent to Act

   PART 3--Provisions of special application to statutory instruments

   10A.    Commencement of certain statutory instruments
   11.     Saving of statutory instruments on repeal or amendment of an Act
   12.     Disallowance of repealing statutory instrument revives instrument sought to be repealed
   13.     Construction of statutory instrument so as not to exceed power
   14.     Expressions in statutory and other instruments have same meanings as in the Act under which they are made

   PART 4--Provisions generally applicable to Acts and statutory instruments

   14A.    Application and interpretation
   14B.    Citation
   14BA.   References to other statutory provisions include references to relevant statutory instruments
   14C.    Exercise of powers conferred by a provision of an Act or statutory instrument before the provision comes into operation
   14D.    Time of commencement
   15.     Saving of administrative acts
   16.     Saving of operation of repealed, amended or expired Act
   17.     Repeal not to revive previously repealed enactments
   18.     Abrogation of presumption that re-enactment etc constitutes Parliamentary approval of prior interpretation
   19.     Material that forms or does not form part of Act
   19A.    Examples
   20.     Rules of construction to be applied in determining whether an Act binds the Crown
   21.     Act deemed always speaking
   22.     Construction that would promote purpose or object of an Act to be preferred
   22A.    Construction of Act so as not to exceed power of State
   22B.    Declaration of validity of laws made before Australia Acts
   23.     Act to be done by Governor to mean by him with advice of Executive Council
   24.     When Act or provision deemed to be substituted for another
   25.     Variation of forms
   26.     Words importing masculine gender and singular number to include feminine and plural
   27.     Provisions as to limitation of time
   27A.    Sitting days
   28.     Measurement of distances
   28A.    Standard scales for penalties and expiation fees
   29.     Fines etc to be paid into Treasury
   30.     Penalties
   33.     Service by post
   34.     "May" imports a discretion, "shall" is imperative
   35.     Words applying to occupant of public office to apply to successive occupants
   36.     Power to appoint includes power to remove etc
   36A.    Gender balance in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies
   37.     Powers may be exercised from time to time
   37A.    Manner in which certain powers and functions may be exercised by a delegate
   39.     Variation, revocation and expiration of regulations, rules or by-laws
   40.     Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments
   42.     Who may proceed for recovery of penalties
   44.     Interpretation of references to summary proceedings
   45.     Rounding down of monetary amounts
   50.     Offences punishable under more than one law
   51.     Production of records kept by computer or other process
   52.     Bodies corporate and signing or execution of documents
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