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DISTRICT COURT ACT 1991 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.

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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

1991

70

District Court Act 1991

12.12.1991

6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209)

1993

62

Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1993

27.5.1993

ss 7—9—1.7.1993 (Gazette 24.6.1993 p2047); s 6—28.10.1993 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1892)

1994

43

Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1994

2.6.1994

9.6.1994 (Gazette 9.6.1994 p1669)

1994

90

Land Agents Act 1994

15.12.1994

1.6.1995 (Gazette 25.5.1995 p2198)

1995

65

Statutes Amendment (Recording of Interviews) Act 1995

10.8.1995

Sch (cl 3)—21.12.1995 (Gazette 21.12.1995 p1760)

1995

84

Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1995

30.11.1995

21.12.1995 (Gazette 21.12.1995 p1759)

1995

85

Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff) Act 1995

30.11.1995

14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1641)

1995

87

Building Work Contractors Act 1995

7.12.1995

1.6.1996 (Gazette 23.5.1996 p2536)

1996

46

Statutes Amendment (Mediation, Arbitration and Referral) Act 1996

27.6.1996

30.9.1996 (Gazette 29.8.1996 p808)

1999

42

Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Justice Portfolio) Act 1999

5.8.1999

Pt 8 (ss 46—48)—3.10.1999 (Gazette 23.9.1999 p1208)

2000

4

District Court (Administrative and Disciplinary Division) Amendment Act 2000

20.4.2000

1.6.2000 (Gazette 18.5.2000 p2554)

2001

58

Victims of Crime Act 2001

15.11.2001

Sch 2 (cl 4)—1.1.2003 (Gazette 19.12.2002 p4736)

2001

69

Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration) Act 2001

6.12.2001

Pt 6 (ss 12 & 13)—3.2.2002 (Gazette 24.1.2002 p346)

2002

16

Statutes Amendment (Structured Settlements) Act 2002

5.9.2002

Pt 2 (s 4)—1.12.2002 (Gazette 7.11.2002 p4043)

2005

49

Statutes Amendment (Intervention Programs and Sentencing Procedures) Act 2005

27.10.2005

Pt 4 (s 12)—19.12.2005 (Gazette 15.12.2005 p4326)

2006

17

Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006

6.7.2006

Pt 3 (ss 16 & 17)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831)

2008

7

Statutes Amendment (Evidence and Procedure) Act 2008

17.4.2008

Pt 3 (ss 8 & 9)—23.11.2008 (Gazette 20.11.2008 p5171)

2009

85

Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009

10.12.2009

Sch 1 (cl 13)—9.12.2011 (Gazette 20.10.2011 p4269)

2012

17

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2012

24.5.2012

Pt 5 (ss 14 & 15)—uncommenced

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

19.12.2005

s 3



s 3(2)

deleted by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(a)

1.6.1995

Pt 2



s 7

amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(b)

1.6.1995

s 8



s 8(2)

amended by 58/2001 Sch 2 cl 4

1.1.2003

s 8(3)

substituted by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(c)

1.6.1995

s 8(5) and (6)

inserted by 4/2000 s 3

1.6.2000

Pt 3



s 13



s 13(1)

amended by 42/1999 s 46(a)

3.10.1999

s 13(3)

deleted by 42/1999 s 46(b)

3.10.1999

s 14A

inserted by 43/1994 s 13

9.6.1994

s 17



s 17(2)

amended by 85/1995 s 10

14.12.1995

s 18



s 18(3)

inserted by 84/1995 s 4

21.12.1995

Pt 4



s 20



s 20(3)

amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(d)

1.6.1995


deleted by 4/2000 s 4(a)

1.6.2000

s 20(4)

amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(d)

1.6.1995


amended by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 1

1.6.1996


amended by 4/2000 s 4(b)—(d)

1.6.2000

s 24



s 24(1)

amended by 43/1994 s 14(a)

9.6.1994

s 24(2)

amended by 43/1994 s 14(b)

9.6.1994

Pt 6



Pt 6 Div 1

heading inserted by 4/2000 s 5

1.6.2000

s 32



s 32(1)

substituted by 46/1996 s 4(a)

30.9.1996

s 32(2a)—(2c)

inserted by 46/1996 s 4(b)

30.9.1996

s 32(3)

amended by 46/1996 s 4(c)

30.9.1996

s 32(4)

deleted by 46/1996 s 4(d)

30.9.1996

s 34



s 34(1)

amended by 46/1996 s 5

30.9.1996

s 38A

inserted by 16/2002 s 4

1.12.2002

s 39



s 39(2)

substituted by 62/1993 s 6

28.10.1993

s 42



s 42(1)

amended by 42/1999 s 47(a)

3.10.1999


amended by 4/2000 s 6

1.6.2000

s 42(3)

amended by 42/1999 s 47(b)

3.10.1999

Pt 6 Div 2

inserted by 4/2000 s 7

1.6.2000

Pt 7



s 43



s 43(2)

amended by 43/1994 s 15

9.6.1994

s 43(3)

amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(e)

1.6.1995


substituted by 17/2006 s 16

4.9.2006

s 43(4)

amended by 42/1999 s 48

3.10.1999

Pt 8



s 47

deleted by 69/2001 s 12

3.2.2002

s 48

substituted by 69/2001 s 13

3.2.2002

s 50



s 50(1)

amended by 84/1995 s 5

21.12.1995

s 50A

inserted by 62/1993 s 7

1.7.1993

s 50A(1)

amended by 84/1995 s 6

21.12.1995

s 50B

inserted by 7/2008 s 8

23.11.2008

s 51



s 51(1)

amended by 62/1993 s 8

1.7.1993


amended by 46/1996 s 6

30.9.1996


amended by 17/2006 s 17

4.9.2006

s 52

amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(f), (g)

1.6.1995


deleted by 4/2000 s 8

1.6.2000

s 54



s 54(1)

amended by 62/1993 s 9

1.7.1993


amended by 84/1995 s 7(a)

21.12.1995

s 54(2)

substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b)

21.12.1995


amended by 49/2005 s 12

19.12.2005


amended by 7/2008 s 9(1)

23.11.2008


amended by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 13

9.12.2011

s 54(3)

amended by 65/1995 Sch cl 3(a)

21.12.1995


substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b)

21.12.1995


substituted by 7/2008 s 9(2)

23.11.2008

s 54(4) and (5)

inserted by 65/1995 Sch cl 3(b)

21.12.1995


substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b)

21.12.1995

s 54(6)

inserted by 7/2008 s 9(3)

23.11.2008

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Repeal and Amendment (Courts) Act 1991

19—Transitional provisions—District Courts

(1) On the commencement of the District Court Act 1991

(a) the Senior District Judge becomes Chief Judge of the Court;

(b) the Judges and Masters holding office under the repealed Local and District Criminal Courts Act 1926 become Judges and Masters of the Court;

(c) the Registrar and non-judicial staff of local courts of full jurisdiction and district criminal courts are transferred to corresponding positions on the staff of the District Court.

(2) Any proceedings commenced before a local court of full jurisdiction or a district criminal court may be continued and completed before the District Court.

23—Interpretation of Acts and instruments

The following provisions apply to the interpretation of Acts and instruments (whether of a legislative character or not):

(a) a reference to a District Court, a District Criminal Court or a Local Court of Full Jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to the District Court;

(b) a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction or a local court of limited or special jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to the Magistrates Court;

(c) a reference to an officer of a District Court, a District Criminal Court or a Local Court of Full Jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to an officer with corresponding functions and responsibilities in relation to the District Court;

(d) a reference to an officer of a court of summary jurisdiction or a local court of limited or special jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to an officer with corresponding functions and responsibilities in relation to the Magistrates Court.

Land Agents Act 1994, Sch 3—Amendment of District Court Act 1991

(2) A reference in any Act or instrument to the Administrative Appeals Court or to the Administrative Appeals Division of the District Court, is so far as the context permits, to be taken to be a reference to the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court.

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.

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—1.7.1993


Reprint No 2—28.10.1993


Reprint No 3—9.6.1994


Reprint No 4—1.6.1995


Reprint No 5—21.12.1995


Reprint No 6—1.6.1996


Reprint No 7—30.6.1996


Reprint No 8—3.10.1999


Reprint No 9—1.6.2000


Reprint No 10—3.2.2002


Reprint No 11—1.12.2002


Reprint No 12—1.1.2003


19.12.2005


4.9.2006


23.11.2008




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