ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1915
Table of Provisions
PART 1--Preliminary
PART 2--Provisions of special application to Acts and Bills
- 5 Acts to be deemed to be public Acts
- 6 No requirement for separate enacting words
- 7 Commencement of Acts
- 7A Amendment or repeal of Act in session in which it was passed
- 10 Evidence of date of assent to Act
PART 3--Provisions of special application to statutory instruments
PART 4--Provisions generally applicable to Acts and statutory instruments
- 14A Application and interpretation
- 14B Citation
- 14BA References to other statutory provisions include references to relevant statutory instruments
- 14C Exercise of powers conferred by a provision of an Act or statutory instrument before the provision comes into operation
- 14D Time of commencement
- 15 Saving of administrative acts
- 16 Saving of operation of repealed, amended or expired Act
- 17 Repeal not to revive previously repealed enactments
- 18 Abrogation of presumption that re-enactment etc constitutes Parliamentary approval of prior interpretation
- 19 Material that forms or does not form part of Act
- 19A Examples
- 20 Rules of construction to be applied in determining whether an Act binds the Crown
- 21 Act deemed always speaking
- 22 Construction that would promote purpose or object of an Act to be preferred
- 22A Construction of Act so as not to exceed power of State
- 22B Declaration of validity of laws made before Australia Acts
- 23 Act to be done by Governor to mean by him with advice of Executive Council
- 24 When Act or provision deemed to be substituted for another
- 25 Variation of forms
- 26 Interpretation of words relating to gender or number
- 27 Provisions as to limitation of time
- 27A Sitting days
- 28 Measurement of distances
- 28A Standard scales for penalties and expiation fees
- 29 Fines etc to be paid into Treasury
- 30 Penalties
- 33 Service by post
- 34 "May" imports a discretion, "shall" is imperative
- 35 Words applying to occupant of public office to apply to successive occupants
- 36 Power to appoint includes power to remove etc
- 36A Gender balance in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies
- 37 Powers may be exercised from time to time
- 37A Manner in which certain powers and functions may be exercised by a delegate
- 39 Variation, revocation and expiration of regulations, rules or by-laws
- 40 Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments
- 42 Who may proceed for recovery of penalties
- 44 Interpretation of references to summary proceedings, complaints etc
- 45 Rounding down of monetary amounts
- 50 Offences punishable under more than one law
- 51 Production of records kept by computer or other process
- 52 Bodies corporate and signing or execution of documents
Legislative history
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
