South Australian Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1915 - SECT 19

19—Material that forms or does not form part of Act

        (1)         The following form part of an Act, subject to any express provision to the contrary:

            (a)         preambles, schedules, dictionaries and appendices (including their headings);

            (b)         chapter headings, part headings, division headings and subdivision headings;

            (c)         examples, qualifications, exceptions, tables, diagrams, maps and other illustrations (including their headings), except where they form part of a note that does not form part of the Act;

            (d)         punctuation.

        (2)         The following do not form part of an Act, subject to any express provision to the contrary:

            (a)         section headings;

            (b)         notes (including their headings);

            (c)         lists of contents.

        (3)         In this section—

"appendix" does not include an appendix containing legislative history notes;

"note" means—

            (a)         a marginal note; or

            (b)         a footnote (whether at the foot of a page or a section or a heading); or

            (c)         any text designated as a note;

"section" has the meaning assigned by section 14A

and includes a portion of a section.