Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia
The laws of South Australia were made by the Governor and his Council of Government from 1836 to 1841, and were published as Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of South Australia. From 1842 to 1851, a nominated Legislative Council passed laws; from 1851 to 1856, this body was two-thirds elected; the acts of this Council were published as the Acts and Ordinances of South Australia. From 1857, the laws of South Australia have been made by the bicameral Parliament, and have been published as Acts of the Parliament of South Australia.
South Australian Acts were numbered consecutively in a single series from 1875 to 1938.
South Australian acts are available online in consolidated form since 1991.
Current Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia
Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia
- Acts and Ordinances of South Australia; 1837-1841-1850
- Acts of the Legislative Council of South Australia; 1851-1856
- The Public General Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1837-1975 [consolidation];
Further Reading of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia
- Australian Government Attorney-General's Department;
- Halsbury's Laws of Australia; 1991-
- The Laws of Australia [LBC]; 1993-
Index of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia
- Index of South Australian Legislation; [1937- ]
- South Australian Legislation Update; 1994-2002
- State and Territory Laws - Retrospective Indexes;
- Subject Index to South Australian Legislation;
- Update of ... index of South Australian legislation; 2002-
Current Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia: | |
| Acts of the Parliament of South Australia | |
| 1857- | |
| Since 1993, this title has included a separate volume for the Index of South Australian Legislation; this index was published in the back of the annual volumes from 1937-1961. | |
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| Reprinted acts [consolidations] | |
| 1937- | |
| Reprints of South Australian acts were first authorised by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1914. From 1937-1961, reprinted acts were included in the annual volumes of acts. Since 1961, they have been published in pamphlet form. For holdings 1937-1961, see Acts of the Parliament of South Australia. | |
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Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia: | |
| Acts and Ordinances of South Australia | |
| 1837-1841-1850 | |
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| Acts of the Legislative Council of South Australia | |
| 1851-1856 | |
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| The Public General Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1837-1975 [consolidation] | |
This is the latest multi-volume consolidation of South Australian acts, in 11 volumes. It contains all South Australian laws as in force in February 1976, with all amendments incorporated in the text. An earlier multi-volume consolidation covered the period 1837-1936, in 8 volumes, and was published a major revision of South Australian laws in 1934-1936. | |
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Further Reading of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia: | |
| Australian Government Attorney-General's Department | |
| The Attorney-General's Department provides information on law and justice related resources available nationwide. | |
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| Halsbury's Laws of Australia | |
| 1991- | |
| This multi-volume encyclopaedia of Australian law, published since 1991, gives detailed access to laws and relevant law cases. It is also available electronically as the Australian Legal Research Library and is regularly updated. | |
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| The Laws of Australia [LBC] | |
| 1993- | |
| This multi-volume encyclopaedia of Australian law, published since 1993, gives detailed access to laws and relevant law cases. It is also available electronically as the Complete Legal Research System, and is regularly updated. | |
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Index of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - South Australia: | |
| Index of South Australian Legislation | |
| [1937- ] | |
| An index of South Australian legislation was published in the back of the annual volume/s of Acts of the Parliament of South Australia from 1937 to 1989. It has been published as a separate volume since 1993, and is also available online. It includes a table of the Acts in force, amendments, regulations and case annotations. From 1916 to 1937, an Index to the statutes in force in South Australia and the regulations thereunder was published, which included a subject index as well as tables of acts passed, in force, repealed, reprinted etc. For hardcopy holdings 1937- , see Acts of the Parliament of South Australia. | |
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| South Australian Legislation Update | |
| 1994-2002 | |
This fortnightly publication updates the information in the latest issue of the Index of South Australian Legislation. It includes a list of all acts recently amended with details of sections affected, dates of gazettal, and dates of operation. This publication was preceded by South Australian Acts, Regulations and Rules 1987-1993, which performed the same function. | |
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| State and Territory Laws - Retrospective Indexes | |
Locating older State acts, particularly from the 19th century, can be difficult if the year is not known. This is because legislation is published chronologically by year and most current indexes to legislation list only legislation in force, i.e. acts not repealed. Older acts which have been repealed are deleted from most current indexes. In addition, before the practice of citing acts by short titles, older acts were cited by slightly different titles. Lastly, State acts were originally numbered by regnal years and running numbers rather than by calendar year e.g. 26 Vic. no.1. A listing of collections of 19th century state legislation may be found in Annotated bibliography of printed materials on Australian law 1788-1900, by Alex Castles, under the Index heading "Legislation". The list also includes separately published individual acts. Most States have published retrospective chronological or alphabetical indexes which list ALL acts passed, their short titles and both calendar and regnal year. These enable researchers to verify and locate legislation in annual bound volumes. | |
| Subject Index to South Australian Legislation | |
| Since there is no official subject index to South Australian legislation, the Australian Law Librarians' Group (SA Division) has established an online version, with funding from the Law Foundation of South Australia. | |
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| Update of ... index of South Australian legislation | |
| 2002- | |
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