{"id":"covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021","name":"COVID-19 Emergency Response (Savings and Transitional Matters) Regulations 2021","slug":"covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":235330,"registerId":"sa-covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"COVID-19 Emergency Response (Savings and Transitional Matters) Regulations 2021","content":"South Australia\nCOVID-19 Emergency Response (Savings and Transitional Matters) Regulations 2021\nunder the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tOrders to continue in force\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the COVID-19 Emergency Response (Savings and Transitional Matters) Regulations 2021.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\nAct means the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020;\nlicensing authority has the same meaning as in the Supported Residential Facilities Act 1992;\nTribunal means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.\n4—Orders to continue in force\n\t(1)\tPursuant to section 20 of the Act, an order of the Tribunal under, or made for the purposes of, section 8 of the Act in force immediately before the designated day will, on and from the designated day, continue in force for the period specified in, or as contemplated by, the order or until revoked by the Tribunal by further order.\n\t(2)\tPursuant to section 20 of the Act, an order of the Tribunal under, or made for the purposes of, section 9 of the Act in force immediately before the designated day will, on and from the designated day, continue in force for the period specified in, or as contemplated by, the order or until revoked by the Tribunal by further order.\n\t(3)\tPursuant to section 20 of the Act, an order of the Tribunal or a licensing authority under, or made for the purposes of, section 10 of the Act in force immediately before the designated day will, on and from the designated day, continue in force for the period specified in, or as contemplated by, the order or until revoked by the Tribunal or licensing authority (as the case requires) by further order.\n\t(4)\tThe Tribunal or licensing authority (as the case requires) may, on application—\n\t(a)\tvary or revoke an order referred to in a preceding subregulation; and\n\t(b)\tmake such other orders as the Tribunal or licensing authority thinks fit.\n\t(5)\tIn this regulation—\ndesignated day means—\n\t(a)\tfor the purposes of subregulation (1)—the day on which section 8 of the Act expires; and\n\t(b)\tfor the purposes of subregulation (2)—the day on which section 9 of the Act expires; and\n\t(c)\tfor the purposes of subregulation (3)—the day on which section 10 of the Act expires.\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\n2021\n115\nGazette 12.8.2021 p3052 \n12.8.2021: r 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is purely savings and transitional: it preserves existing Tribunal and licensing-authority orders post-expiry of specified Act provisions and preserves the pre-existing decision-making discretion to vary or revoke on application. It does not expand or narrow the substantive scope of those orders; their effect continues as written until their term ends or they are changed by the prescribed decision-makers."},"complexity_factors":["Relies on reading the parent Act to know which orders and expiry dates are affected (reg 3 definition of Act; reg 4(5) references to section 8, 9, 10).","Uses three parallel continuation rules tied to different expiry points (reg 4(1)–(3)), requiring attention to which ‘designated day’ applies.","Preserves existing orders as-is unless varied or revoked, so substantive effect depends on the content of prior orders (reg 4(1)–(3)).","Grants procedural discretion to the Tribunal or licensing authority to vary, revoke or make other orders, but only on application (reg 4(4)), creating a clear applicant-driven pathway.","Defines relevant decision-makers and affected persons compactly (reg 3: ‘licensing authority’, ‘Tribunal’), keeping administrative scope narrow.","Commences immediately on making (reg 2), so timing is operationally relevant but not substantively complex."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations keep in force Tribunal or licensing-authority orders made under the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 that were active immediately before the Act’s specified provisions expire. Those orders continue to operate for the period stated in them or until revoked. \n\nPeople and organisations subject to those existing orders (including supported residential facility licensees) remain bound without a new instrument. The Tribunal or licensing authority may, on application, vary, revoke or make other orders to change those continuations."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its narrow, technical purpose of providing transitional arrangements for specific COVID-19 emergency orders. It has not expanded beyond its original intent of ensuring continuity of Tribunal and licensing authority orders when the parent Act expires."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 substantive regulations with minimal text","3 defined terms in the interpretation section (Act, licensing authority, Tribunal)","Simple conditional structure: orders continue if they were in force before the 'designated day'","Single nested definition ('designated day' defined differently for each subregulation)","No cross-references to external legislation beyond basic citation of enabling Act and definitions borrowed from other Acts","Straightforward administrative mechanism with no penalties, offences, or enforcement provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short piece of South Australian law that acts as a 'bridge' for certain emergency orders made during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n**What it does:**\nWhen the main COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 expires, specific emergency orders made by the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (a court-like body that hears disputes) and licensing authorities will **not automatically disappear**. Instead, they stay in force for whatever time period was originally set, or until the Tribunal or authority actively cancels them.\n\n**Which orders are covered:**\n- Orders about restricting access to places (section 8 orders)\n- Orders about protecting vulnerable people from infection (section 9 orders)  \n- Orders about supported residential facilities like aged care homes (section 10 orders)\n\n**Who can change or cancel these orders:**\nThe Tribunal or the relevant licensing authority can vary (change), revoke (cancel), or make new orders if someone applies to them.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this regulation, important protections for vulnerable people in residential care could vanish overnight when the emergency laws expire. This ensures a smooth transition and prevents gaps in protection."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not available. The page returned a 'Page Not Found' error from the SA legislation website, likely due to a broken URL from before the site's March 2026 update. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible."},"complexity_factors":["No actual legislative text was retrievable — only a website error page was provided","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the substantive content of the regulations","Score of 2 reflects minimal complexity of what could actually be analysed (a 404 error page), not the underlying legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation preserves and manages the transition of COVID-19 emergency measures in South Australia as those temporary rules end. It ensures rights, obligations and decisions made under pandemic orders carry over or are dealt with orderly, clarifying how past emergency actions affect current legal situations.\n\nIt affects anyone subject to COVID-era rules—tenants, landlords, businesses, employees, courts and agencies—by smoothing the shift back to normal legal arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021","history":"/api/acts/covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/covid-19-emergency-response-savings-and-transitional-matters-regulations-2021/documents"}}