South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An Act, whether
passed before or after the commencement of this Act, may be cited—
(a) by
its short title; or
(b) by
its short title abbreviated by omitting reference to any year except the year
in which it was passed.
(3) A reference in an
Act to some other Act, or a Part or provision of some other Act, (whether an
Act of this State or of the Commonwealth or a place outside this State) will,
unless the contrary intention appears, be construed—
(a) as a
reference to that other Act, Part or provision as amended from time to time;
and
(b)
where the Act, Part or provision is substituted—
(i)
by a subsequent Act—as a reference to that
subsequent Act; or
(ii)
by a subsequent Part of an Act—as a reference to
that subsequent Part; or
(iii)
by a subsequent provision of an Act—as a reference
to that subsequent provision.
(4) An Act of
the Commonwealth or of a place outside this State, whether passed before or
after the commencement of this Act, may, for the purposes of the law of
this State, be cited by any method authorised by, or commonly used in, the
statutes of the Commonwealth or that place.
(5) Nothing in this
section renders unlawful or ineffective any citation or reference that is not
made in a manner authorised by this section.