{"id":"courts-administration-regulations-2023","name":"Courts Administration Regulations 2023","slug":"courts-administration-regulations-2023","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":235329,"registerId":"sa-courts-administration-regulations-2023-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Courts Administration Regulations 2023","content":"South Australia\nCourts Administration Regulations 2023\nunder the Courts Administration Act 1993\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tParticipating courts\n5\tPrescribed position\n6\tCouncil not to incur contractual liabilities exceeding limit\n7\tPrescribed court\nSchedule 1—Participating courts\nSchedule 2—Prescribed position\nSchedule 3—Prescribed court\nSchedule 4—Repeal of Courts Administration Regulations 2008\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Courts Administration Regulations 2023.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the Courts Administration Act 1993.\n4—Participating courts\nFor the purposes of paragraph (f) of the definition of participating courts in section 4 of the Act, each of the courts and tribunals specified in Schedule 1 is declared to be a participating court.\n5—Prescribed position\nFor the purposes of the definition of prescribed position in section 4 of the Act, each of the positions specified in Schedule 2 is designated as a prescribed position.\n6—Council not to incur contractual liabilities exceeding limit\nFor the purposes of section 11(2)(a) of the Act, a limit of $4 000 000 is fixed.\n7—Prescribed court\nFor the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of prescribed court in section 28A(3) of the Act, the courts specified in Schedule 3 are prescribed.\nSchedule 1—Participating courts\nCourts\nCourt of Disputed Returns constituted under the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999\nWarden's Court\nTribunals\nLegal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal\nPolice Disciplinary Tribunal\nSchedule 2—Prescribed position\nRegistrar of Probates\nRegistrar of the District Court\nRegistrar of the Magistrates Court\nRegistrar of the Supreme Court\nSheriff\nSchedule 3—Prescribed court\nCoroner's Court\nCourt of Disputed Returns constituted under the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999\nEnvironment, Resources and Development Court\nMagistrates Court\nWarden's Court\nSchedule 4—Repeal of Courts Administration Regulations 2008\nThe Courts Administration Regulations 2008 are repealed.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor 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.\nPrincipal regulations\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2023\n78\nGazette 3.8.2023 p2586 \n3.8.2023: r 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be determined as the legislative text was inaccessible. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a Page Not Found error","Analysis is based solely on the title of the instrument, not its content","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without access to the actual provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"The Courts Administration Regulations 2023 (SA) set out detailed, practical rules for running South Australian courts — things like fees, filing and administrative procedures — under a parent Act. They affect litigants, lawyers and court staff by shaping how cases are processed and how the court system operates in practice."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain the same narrow administrative scope as the enabling Act (Courts Administration Act 1993). They simply update the lists of courts and positions and refresh the financial limit, consistent with the original purpose of supporting court administration."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 operative provisions (regulations 1-7)","Minimal defined terms — only 'Act' is defined in regulation 3","No nested conditional logic or cross-referencing between provisions","Four short schedules containing simple lists (courts, positions, courts again)","Straightforward repeal provision with no transitional arrangements","Total length is approximately 1 page of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the administrative rules for how South Australia's Courts Administration Council operates. The Council is a body that provides shared services (like buildings, IT, and staff) to various courts and tribunals.\n\n**What this does:**\n- **Lists which courts and tribunals** get services from the Council (Schedule 1) — including the Court of Disputed Returns, Warden's Court, and disciplinary tribunals for lawyers and police\n- **Names key court officers** who have special roles under the Act (Schedule 2) — the various Registrars and the Sheriff\n- **Sets a spending limit** — the Council cannot enter contracts worth more than $4 million without extra approval\n- **Identifies which lower courts** have specific powers under part of the Act (Schedule 3) — including the Coroner's Court, Magistrates Court, and Environment Court\n- **Repeals the old 2008 regulations** and replaces them with these updated rules\n\n**Who it affects:** Court staff, judges, magistrates, and anyone interacting with South Australian courts — though most people won't notice these behind-the-scenes administrative rules.\n\n**Why it matters:** These regulations ensure courts have proper back-office support while putting financial guardrails on the Council's spending power."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument replaces the Courts Administration Regulations 2008 (Schedule 4) and explicitly sets which courts and officer positions are covered and a $4,000,000 Council contracting limit. From the text alone it is clear the regulation updates the operative lists and fixes the financial cap, but the instrument does not disclose the detailed substantive differences from the 2008 regulations, so the full extent of scope change cannot be determined here."},"complexity_factors":["Direct cross-references to the Courts Administration Act (definitions in s 4; contracting power in s 11(2)(a); prescribed court in s 28A(3)) increase legal dependency on the principal Act.","Most measures are declarative lists (Schedules 1–3), which are low on interpretive complexity but require administrative updates.","A single clear numeric threshold is set (contracting limit $4,000,000 in r 6), reducing ambiguity but creating a hard compliance boundary.","Repeal of the 2008 Regulations (Schedule 4) introduces transitional/administrative tasks despite no transitional provisions in this instrument.","Limited policy discretion: the instrument largely prescribes lists and a cap rather than creating new regulatory tests or discretionary powers."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations update court-administration mechanics: they declare which courts and tribunals are \"participating\", designate specified registrar and sheriff positions, fix the Courts Administration Council's contractual liability cap at $4,000,000 (r 6), and repeal the 2008 regulations. They affect court managers, registrars, the Council and users of the listed courts. The Council decides and bears the contract-cap; designated officers must operate under the listed roles. The changes are administrative and fiscal: compliance and organisational responsibility shift to the named offices and the Council's contract exposure is fixed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/courts-administration-regulations-2023","history":"/api/acts/courts-administration-regulations-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/courts-administration-regulations-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/courts-administration-regulations-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/courts-administration-regulations-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/courts-administration-regulations-2023/documents"}}