South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears—
"Administrator" means the person for the time being holding or acting in the
office of the State Courts Administrator under the Courts Administration
Act 1993 ;
"court" means—
(a) the
Supreme Court; or
(b) the
District Court; or
(ba) the
Environment, Resources and Development Court; or
(c) the
Magistrates Court; or
(d) the
Youth Court of South Australia;
"judge" includes a magistrate or a justice;
"participating body" means—
(a) a
participating court within the meaning of the Courts Administration
Act 1993 ;
(b) a
person or body declared by regulation to be a participating body;
"premises of a participating body" means any premises or place occupied by a
participating body in connection with its operations (whether on a permanent
or temporary basis) and includes any premises or place at which the body is
conducting a view or inspection for the purposes of proceedings;
"principal officer"—
(a) in
relation to a participating body that is a participating court within the
meaning of the Courts Administration Act 1993 —means the judicial
head of the participating court;
(b) in
relation to any other participating body—means the officer designated by
regulation as the principal officer of the body for the purposes of this Act;
"proceedings" includes any form of inquiry, examination or proceeding
conducted by or before a participating body;
"restricted item" means—
(a) an
explosive, an explosive device or an incendiary device;
(b) a
dangerous article, firearm, offensive weapon or prohibited weapon, in each
case within the meaning of section 15 of the Summary Offences Act 1953 ;
(c) an
item that a person is prohibited from using or possessing while on the
premises (or a particular part of the premises) of a participating body by
rules of the body or by direction of the body or a member of the body given
generally or in a specific case;
(d) any
other item that is reasonably capable of being used to jeopardise the security
of persons or property or the orderly conduct of proceedings;
"security officer" means—
(a) the
sheriff;
(b) a
deputy sheriff;
(c) a
sheriff's officer appointed by the sheriff to be a security officer;
(d) a
police officer authorised in accordance with an arrangement under
section 9D to exercise the powers of a security officer.
(2) For the purposes
of this Act, a person is required by law to attend the
premises of a participating body if, and only if—
(a) the
person is brought to the premises in lawful custody; or
(b) the
person attends the premises as required by the terms or conditions of a bail
agreement; or
(c) the
person attends the premises in obedience to an order, summons, subpoena, or
any other process having the same effect as a summons or subpoena, made or
issued by the participating body or a member or officer of the
participating body; or
(d) the
person attends the premises in obedience to a summons under the
Juries Act 1927 .