COURTS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1993 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
1993	11	Courts Administration Act 1993	25.3.1993	1.7.1993 (Gazette 1.7.1993 p196)
1993	54	Statutes Repeal and Amendment (Development) Act 1993	27.5.1993	15.1.1994 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1889)
1993	58	Youth Court Act 1993	27.5.1993	1.1.1994 (Gazette 4.11.1993 p2177)
1994	52	Industrial and Employee Relations Act 1994	16.6.1994	Sch 1 (cl 3)—1.11.1994 (Gazette 4.8.1994 p328)
1995	85	Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff) Act 1995	30.11.1995	14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1641)
1998	60	Statutes Amendment (Fine Enforcement) Act 1998	3.9.1998	Pt 3 (ss 7 & 8)—6.3.2000 (Gazette 18.11.1999 p2358)
2000	49	Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Security and Order at Courts and Other Places) Act 2000	20.7.2000	Pt 3 (s 17)—29.9.2000 (Gazette 28.9.2000 p2221)
2001	69	Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration) Act 2001	6.12.2001	Pt 3 (s 6)—13.1.2002 (Gazette 10.1.2002 p4)
2003	33	Coroners Act 2003	31.7.2003	Sch (cl 7)—1.7.2005 (Gazette 23.6.2005 p1899)
2004	23	Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 2004	8.7.2004	Pt 2 (s 4)—1.9.2004 (Gazette 26.8.2004 p3402)
2009	84	Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 40 (ss 74—79)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)
2013	31	Statutes Amendment (Fines Enforcement and Recovery) Act 2013	1.8.2013	Pt 3 (s 5)—3.2.2014 (Gazette 30.1.2014 p422)
2015	34	Judicial Conduct Commissioner Act 2015	5.11.2015	Sch 1 (cl 3)—5.12.2016 (Gazette 29.11.2016 p4525)
2016	63	Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal) Act 2016	8.12.2016	Pt 6 (s 77)—1.7.2017 (Gazette 16.5.2017 p1221)
2023	4	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio and Other Justice Measures) Act 2023	23.2.2023	Pt 5 (s 8)—22.6.2023 (Gazette 15.6.2023 p1774)
2023	13	*Courts Administration (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2023*	30.3.2023	*1.7.2023 (Gazette 8.6.2023 p1447)*

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Pt 1
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.9.2004
s 4
participating courts	amended by 54/1993 s 8	15.1.1994
	amended by 58/1993 Sch	1.1.1994
	amended by 52/1994 Sch 1 cl 3	1.11.1994
	amended by 33/2003 Sch (cl 7)	1.7.2005
	(bb) deleted by 63/2016 s 77	1.7.2017
Pt 2
s 7
s 7(1)	substituted by 13/2023 s 3(1)	1.7.2023
s 7(1a)—(1h)	inserted by 13/2023 s 3(1)	1.7.2023
s 7(2)	amended by 13/2023 s 3(2)	1.7.2023
s 7(3)	amended by 13/2023 s 3(3)	1.7.2023
s 9
heading	amended by 13/2023 s 4(1)	1.7.2023
s 9(2)	amended by 13/2023 s 4(2)	1.7.2023
s 9(3)	amended by 13/2023 s 4(3)	1.7.2023
s 10
s 10(1)	amended by 60/1998 s 7	6.3.2000
s 12
s 12(1)	amended by 49/2000 s 17	29.9.2000
*s 13*	*deleted by 13/2023 s 5*	*1.7.2023*
s 14
heading	amended by 13/2023 s 6(1)	1.7.2023
s 14(1)	amended by 13/2023 s 6(2)	1.7.2023
Pt 4
s 16
s 16(2)	amended by 13/2023 s 7(1)	1.7.2023
*s 16(4)*	*deleted by 13/2023 s 7(2)*	*1.7.2023*
s 16(5)	amended by 13/2023 s 7(3)	1.7.2023
s 16(6)	amended by 85/1995 s 4(a)	14.12.1995
	deleted by 84/2009 s 74	1.2.2010
s 16(7)	inserted by 85/1995 s 4(b)	14.12.1995
s 17
s 17(3)	amended by 85/1995 s 5	14.12.1995
	deleted by 84/2009 s 75	1.2.2010
s 17A	inserted by 84/2009 s 76	1.2.2010
ss 18 and 19	substituted by 85/1995 s 6	14.12.1995
s 20	deleted by 85/1995 s 6	14.12.1995
s 21	amended by 85/1995 s 7	14.12.1995
s 21A	inserted by 85/1995 s 8	14.12.1995
s 21A(1)	amended by 60/1998 s 8	6.3.2000
	(ab) deleted by 31/2013 s 5	3.2.2014
s 21B	inserted by 85/1995 s 8	14.12.1995
s 21B(1)—(4)	substituted by 84/2009 s 77	1.2.2010
s 21B(4a)	inserted by 84/2009 s 77	1.2.2010
s 21B(4b)	inserted by 84/2009 s 77	1.2.2010
	*deleted by 13/2023 s 8*	*1.7.2023*
s 22	amended by 85/1995 s 9	14.12.1995
s 23
s 23(1) and (2)	amended by 84/2009 s 78	1.2.2010
Pt 4A	inserted by 13/2023 s 9	1.7.2023
Pt 5A	inserted by 34/2015 Sch 1 cl 3	5.12.2016
s 27A
judicial office	amended by 4/2023 s 8(1)—(3)	22.6.2023
Pt 6
s 28	deleted by 84/2009 s 79	1.2.2010
s 28A	inserted by 69/2001 s 6	13.1.2002
	substituted by 23/2004 s 4	1.9.2004

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff) Act 1995

20—Transitional provision

(1) An appointment to a non-judicial office or position made or purportedly made before the commencement of this Act in accordance with an Act that is amended by this Act will be taken to have been duly made under the statutory provisions that, as amended by this Act, provide for the making of such an appointment as if this Act had been enacted and in force at the relevant time.

(2) The provisions of the Government Management and Employment Act 1985 and the Public Sector Management Act 1995 as from time to time in force before the commencement of this Act will be taken to have applied (with necessary modifications and exclusions) before that commencement to the staff and positions on the staff of the State Courts Administration Council in the same way as to an administrative unit and positions in an administrative unit of the Public Service.

(3) The provisions of the Superannuation Act 1988 as from time to time in force before the commencement of this Act will be taken to have applied before that commencement to a member of the staff of the State Courts Administration Council in the same way as to a person employed in the Public Service.

Courts Administration (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2023, Sch 1—Transitional provision

1—Annual report

Section 23A of the Courts Administration Act 1993 (as enacted by this Act) will be taken to apply in relation to the whole of the financial year in which section 9 of this Act comes into operation (and, to avoid doubt, the information required by section 23A(2) must be included in that annual report, whether or not a portion of that year elapsed before that commencement).

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—15.1.1994
Reprint No 2—1.11.1994
Reprint No 3—14.12.1995
Reprint No 4—6.3.2000
Reprint No 5—29.9.2000
Reprint No 6—13.1.2002
1.9.2004
1.7.2005
1.2.2010
3.2.2014
5.12.2016
1.7.2017
22.6.2023

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