South Australian Consolidated Acts

SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION ACT 1978 - SECT 10AA

10AA—Commencement of regulations

        (1)         Subject to this and any other Act, a regulation that is required to be laid before Parliament comes into operation four months after the day on which it is made or from such later date or time as is specified in the regulation.

        (2)         A regulation that is required to be laid before Parliament—

            (a)         may come into operation on an earlier date, or at an earlier time, specified in the regulation if the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act under which the regulation is made certifies that, in his or her opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that the regulation come into operation on an earlier date or at an earlier time; but

            (b)         may not come into operation earlier than the date on which it is made unless that earlier operation is authorised by the Act under which the regulation is made.

        (3)         Subject to any other Act, a regulation that is not required to be laid before Parliament comes into operation on the day on which it is made or from such later date or time as is specified in the regulation.

        (4)         A document appearing to be a certificate under subsection (2) will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as such in any legal proceedings.

        (5)         A certificate under subsection (2) cannot be called in question in any legal proceedings.