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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1994 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• 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

1994

22

Domestic Violence Act 1994

26.5.1994

1.8.1994 (Gazette 14.7.1994 p68)

1996

67

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1996

15.8.1996

ss 15—18—17.10.1996 (Gazette 17.10.1996 p1361)

1999

24

Statutes Amendment (Restraining Orders) Act 1999

1.4.1999

Pt 3 (ss 5—12)—16.5.1999 (Gazette 13.5.1999 p2502)

2001

55

Statutes Amendment (Stalking) Act 2001

8.11.2001

Pt 3 (s 5)—13.1.2002 (Gazette 10.1.2002 p4)

2002

33

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2002

28.11.2002

Pt 5 (s 7)—3.3.2003 (Gazette 27.2.2003 p807)

2004

10

Problem Gambling Family Protection Orders Act 2004

15.4.2004

Sch 1 Pt 2 (cl 2)—1.7.2004 (Gazette 3.6.2004 p1717)

2006

17

Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006

6.7.2006

Pt 28 (ss 108 & 109)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831)

2006

43

Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006

14.12.2006

Pt 29 (s 92)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

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

Provision

How varied

Commencement

Long title

amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

3.3.2003

s 2

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

1.7.2004

s 3



close personal relationship

inserted by 43/2006 s 92(1)

1.6.2007

domestic partner

inserted by 43/2006 s 92(2)

1.6.2007

member of the defendant's family

amended by 33/2002 s 7

3.3.2003


amended by 43/2006 s 92(3)

1.6.2007

relevant family contact order

inserted by 67/1996 s 15

17.10.1996

spouse

substituted by 43/2006 s 92(4)

1.6.2007

s 4



s 4(2)

amended by 24/1999 s 5(a)

16.5.1999


amended by 55/2001 s 5(a)

13.1.2002

s 4(3)

inserted by 24/1999 s 5(b)

16.5.1999

s 4(3a)

inserted by 55/2001 s 5(b)

13.1.2002

s 4(4)

inserted by 24/1999 s 5(b)

16.5.1999

s 5



s 5(2)

amended by 24/1999 s 6(a)

16.5.1999

s 5(4)

inserted by 24/1999 s 6(b)

16.5.1999

s 6



s 6(1)

amended by 67/1996 s 16

17.10.1996

s 7



s 7(1)

s 7 redesignated as s 7(1) by 67/1996 s 17

17.10.1996

s 7(2)

inserted by 67/1996 s 17

17.10.1996

s 8



s 8(2)

substituted by 24/1999 s 7(a)

16.5.1999

s 8(3) and (4)

substituted by 24/1999 s 7(b)

16.5.1999

s 8(5)

amended by 24/1999 s 7(c)

16.5.1999

s 8(5a)

inserted by 24/1999 s 7(d)

16.5.1999

s 9



s 9(2)

substituted by 24/1999 s 8(a)

16.5.1999

s 9(4)—(6)

substituted by 24/1999 s 8(b)

16.5.1999

s 9(7) and (8)

inserted by 24/1999 s 8(b)

16.5.1999

s 10



s 10(1)

amended by 24/1999 s 9(a)

16.5.1999

s 10(2)

amended by 24/1999 s 9(b)

16.5.1999

s 10A

inserted by 10/2004 Sch 1 cl 2

1.7.2004

s 11



s 11(1)

s 11 redesignated as s 11(1) by 24/1999 s 10

16.5.1999

s 11(2)—(4)

inserted by 24/1999 s 10

16.5.1999

s 12



s 12(1a)

inserted by 24/1999 s 11(a)

16.5.1999


amended by 17/2006 s 108

4.9.2006

s 12(3)

substituted by 67/1996 s 18

17.10.1996


amended by 24/1999 s 11(b)

16.5.1999

s 15



s 15(1)

amended by 24/1999 s 12

16.5.1999

s 16

amended by 17/2006 s 109

4.9.2006

Sch

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

3.3.2003

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—17.10.1996


Reprint No 2—16.5.1999


Reprint No 3—13.1.2002


Reprint No 4—3.3.2003


1.7.2004


4.9.2006