South Australian Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 2003 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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

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Legislation repealed by principal Act

The Coroners Act 2003 repealed the following:

Coroners Act 1975

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Coroners Act 2003 amended the following:

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 1996

Correctional Services Act 1982

Courts Administration Act 1993

Cremation Act 2000

Evidence Act 1929

Freedom of Information Act 1991

Harbors and Navigation Act 1993

Juries Act 1927

Local Government (Cemetery) Regulations 1995

Road Traffic Act 1961

Summary Offences Act 1953

Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1983

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2003	33	Coroners Act 2003	31.7.2003	1.7.2005 (Gazette 23.6.2005 p1899)
2006	10	Statutes Amendment (Disposal of Human Remains) Act 2006	29.6.2006	Pt 3 (s 6)—24.7.2006 (Gazette 20.7.2006 p2335)
2008	3	Health Care Act 2008	13.3.2008	Sch 4 (cl 5)—1.7.2008 (Gazette 26.6.2008 p2563)
2009	84	Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 38 (s 70)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)
2010	5	Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010	1.7.2010	Sch 1 (cl 7)—1.7.2010 (Gazette 1.7.2010 p3338)
2011	18	Coroners (Reportable Death) Amendment Act 2011	26.5.2011	26.5.2011

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	24.7.2006
Pt 1
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	24.7.2006
s 3
s 3(1)	s 3 redesignated as s 3(1) by 18/2011 s 3(3)	26.5.2011
corresponding authorisation	inserted by 18/2011 s 3(1)	26.5.2011
corresponding law	inserted by 18/2011 s 3(1)	26.5.2011
medical practitioner	substituted by 5/2010 Sch 1 cl 7	1.7.2010
reportable death	amended by 18/2011 s 3(2)	26.5.2011
s 3(2)	inserted by 18/2011 s 3(3)	26.5.2011
Pt 4
s 21
s 21(1)	amended by 18/2011 s 4	26.5.2011
s 23
s 23(6)	amended by 3/2008 Sch 4 cl 5	1.7.2008
Pt 6
s 32
s 32(1)	amended by 10/2006 s 6	24.7.2006
s 33
s 33(2) and (3)	deleted by 84/2009 s 70	1.2.2010
Sch
Pts 1—15	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	24.7.2006

Historical versions

24.7.2006
1.7.2008
1.2.2010
1.7.2010