{"id":"crown-proceedings-act-1992","name":"Crown Proceedings Act 1992","slug":"crown-proceedings-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31877,"registerId":"sa-crown-proceedings-act-1992-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crown Proceedings Act 1992","content":"South Australia\nCrown Proceedings Act 1992\nAn Act to provide for suits by and against the Crown; and for other purposes.\n\nContents\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\tShort title\n4\tInterpretation\nPart 2—Proceedings by and against the Crown generally\n5\tProceedings by and against the Crown generally\n6\tImmunities and limitations of liability\n7\tInjunctive relief\n8\tProtection of confidentiality on grounds of public interest\n9\tRight of Attorney-General to appear in proceedings\n10\tEnforcement of judgments against the Crown\n11\tEnforcement of judgments by the Crown\nPart 3—Provisions of special application to the State Crown\n12\tCorresponding law\n13\tService etc\n14\tPermission to issue certain subpoenas etc\n15\tCosts\n16\tJudicial notice of Attorney-General's appointment etc\n17\tCases where right of Crown to legal representation is restricted\n18\tCrown Solicitor\nPart 4—Miscellaneous\n19\tExclusion of certain proceedings\n20\tRegulations\nLegislative history\n\nThe Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Crown Proceedings Act 1992.\n4—Interpretation\n\t(1)\tIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\ncorresponding law means a law of another State relating to proceedings against the Crown declared by the regulations to be a law corresponding to this Act;\nCrown includes—\n\t(a)\ta Minister, instrumentality or agency of the Crown;\n\t(b)\ta body or person declared by the regulations to be an instrumentality or agency of the Crown for the purposes of this Act;\njudgment means any judgment or order of a court;\nproceedings means civil proceedings;\nState includes a Territory of the Commonwealth;\nState Crown means the Crown in right of this State.\n\t(2)\tThis Act extends not only to the Crown in right of the State but also (as far as the legislative power of the State admits) to the Crown in any other capacity but does not extend to the Crown in right of the Commonwealth except where specific provision is made for its application to the Crown in right of the Commonwealth.1\nNote—\n1\tSpecific provision is made in section 9 for representation of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth in State proceedings.\nPart 2—Proceedings by and against the Crown generally\n5—Proceedings by and against the Crown generally\n\t(1)\tSubject to this Act and any other Act of the State, the Judiciary Act 1903 of the Commonwealth, and any relevant rules of court—\n\t(a)\tproceedings may be brought and conducted by or against the Crown in the same way as proceedings between subjects; and\n\t(b)\tthe same substantive law is to be applied in such proceedings as in the case of proceedings between subjects.\n\t(2)\tSubject to the regulations, proceedings may be brought by or against the Crown—\n\t(a)\tin the case of the State Crown—under the name \"The State of South Australia\";\n\t(b)\tin any other case—under the name in which the Crown could sue or be sued in the courts of its own jurisdiction.\n6—Immunities and limitations of liability\n\t(1)\tThis Act does not affect any immunity from, or limitation on, liability that the Crown enjoys by statute.\n\t(2)\tThis Act does not make binding on the Crown any Act or statutory provision that would not, apart from this Act, be binding on the Crown.\n7—Injunctive relief\n\t(1)\tSubject to subsection (2), injunctive relief may be granted against the Crown.\n\t(2)\tA mandatory injunction cannot be granted against the Crown.\n8—Protection of confidentiality on grounds of public interest\nThis Act does not affect any rule of law under which the Crown or an officer or employee of the Crown may refuse to discover or produce documents, or to answer an interrogatory or other question, on the ground that to do so would be prejudicial to the public interest.\n9—Right of Attorney-General to appear in proceedings\n\t(1)\tThe Attorney-General may represent the Crown in any action, proceeding or matter (whether civil or criminal) in which the Crown is a party.\n\t(2)\tThe Attorney-General may intervene, on behalf of the Crown, in any proceedings—\n\t(a)\tin which the interpretation or validity of a law of the State or Commonwealth is in question; or\n\t(b)\tin which—\n\t(i)\tlegislative or executive powers of the State or Commonwealth, or of an instrumentality or agency of the State or Commonwealth are in question; or\n\t(ii)\tjudicial powers of a court or tribunal established under the law of the State or Commonwealth are in question; or\n\t(c)\tin which the Court grants permission to intervene on the ground that the proceedings raise issues of public importance,\nfor the purpose of submitting argument on issues of public importance.\n\t(3)\tThe Attorney-General has the same right of appeal in proceedings in which he or she intervenes under subsection (2) as a party to those proceedings.\n\t(4)\tWhere the Attorney-General intervenes in proceedings under this section, and there are in the opinion of the court special reasons for making an order under this subsection, the court may make an order for costs against the Crown to reimburse the parties to the proceedings for costs occasioned by the intervention.\n\t(5)\tIn this section references to the Attorney-General extend not only to the Attorney-General for this State but also to the Attorney-General for any other State or the Commonwealth and references to the Crown have a correspondingly extended meaning.\n10—Enforcement of judgments against the Crown\n\t(1)\tNo writ, warrant or similar process may be issued out of any court to enforce a judgment against the Crown.\n\t(2)\tWhere a final judgment is given against the Crown in right of this State or any other State, the court must transmit a copy of the judgment to the Governor of the relevant State.\n\t(3)\tWhere the Governor of this State receives a final judgment from a court of this or any other State, the Governor will give directions as to the manner in which the judgment is to be satisfied.\n\t(4)\tAny Minister, agency or instrumentality of the State Crown to which a direction is given under subsection (3) is authorised and required to carry out the direction.\n\t(5)\tA direction under this section is sufficient authority for the appropriation of money from the General Revenue of the State or from the funds of any agency or instrumentality of the Crown.\n\t(6)\tIn this section—\nGovernor includes—\n\t(a)\tin relation to the Australian Capital Territory—the Chief Minister;\n\t(b)\tin relation to the Northern Territory—the Administrator.\n11—Enforcement of judgments by the Crown\nSubject to this Act, and any relevant rules of court, a judgment recovered by the Crown may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment in proceedings between subjects, and not in any other way.\nPart 3—Provisions of special application to the State Crown\n12—Corresponding law\nThe State Crown is, in relation to its activities in another State, bound by a corresponding law of that other State to the same extent as the Crown in right of that other State.\n13—Service etc\n\t(1)\tWhere any proceedings are brought against the State Crown, a statement must be endorsed on, or annexed to, the process by which the proceedings are commenced, containing the prescribed information.\n\t(2)\tA failure to comply with subsection (1) does not render proceedings void unless the court is of the opinion that the State Crown has been prejudiced by that failure.\n\t(3)\tService on the State Crown of any process or document relating to proceedings must be effected by service on the Crown Solicitor except in the following cases:\n\t(a)\tif special provision relevant to service of the process or document is made by or under this Act, service must be effected in accordance with that special provision;\n\t(b)\tif the party by whom or on whose behalf the process or document is to be served has notice that some solicitor other than the Crown Solicitor is acting for the Crown in relation to the proceedings, service must be effected on that other solicitor.\n14—Permission to issue certain subpoenas etc\n\t(1)\tNo subpoena or other process may be issued by a court, tribunal or other authority requiring a Minister of the Crown to appear, in the Minister's official capacity, to give evidence, or to produce documents, in proceedings without the permission of the court, tribunal or other authority.\n\t(2)\tPermission may be granted only after the Crown Solicitor has been given reasonable notice in writing of the application for the subpoena or other process and a reasonable opportunity to be heard on the application.\n\t(3)\tA court, tribunal or other authority that grants permission must, at the same time, give directions as to the manner in which the Minister is to be served.\n15—Costs\n\t(1)\tThe State Crown is not required to pay any fee or charge for commencing, or taking any step in, proceedings or for obtaining a transcript of any proceedings or evidence in any proceedings to which it is a party.\n\t(2)\tAny costs to which the State Crown is entitled will be calculated as if the State Crown were liable to pay, and had in fact paid, fees and charges from which it is exempt under subsection (1).\n16—Judicial notice of Attorney-General's appointment etc\n\t(1)\tIn any legal proceedings, a document apparently signed by the Attorney-General will be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have been duly signed by the Attorney-General.\n\t(2)\tThe Attorney-General's commission of appointment as Attorney-General will, on production to the Supreme Court, be noted in the records of the Court.\n\t(3)\tNo action, proceeding or matter (whether civil or criminal) by or against the Attorney-General abates or is affected by any change of office holder.\n17—Cases where right of Crown to legal representation is restricted\n\t(1)\tWhere an Act removes or restricts the right of a party to be represented in proceedings by a legal practitioner, the State Crown or the Attorney-General, if a party to the proceedings, may be represented by an officer or servant of the Crown (not being a legal practitioner, an articled law clerk or a person who holds legal qualifications under the law of this State or of any other place) authorised to conduct the proceedings on behalf of the Crown or the Attorney-General.\n\t(2)\tIn any such proceedings, a document apparently signed by a Minister of the State Crown or the Chief Executive Officer of an agency, instrumentality, department or administrative unit of the State Crown that appears to be an authorisation of the kind contemplated by subsection (1) will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as such an authorisation.\n18—Crown Solicitor\n\t(1)\tThe Crown Solicitor is a corporation sole which may act through the instrumentality of the person for the time being holding the office of Crown Solicitor or any other person to whom the office holder delegates his or her functions.\n\t(2)\tThe Crown Solicitor will act as such either under the name of the office holder for the time being or under the name \"The Crown Solicitor for the State of South Australia\".\nPart 4—Miscellaneous\n19—Exclusion of certain proceedings\nThis Act does not affect—\n\t(a)\tany proceedings for the recovery or enforcement of a fine, penalty or forfeiture (including the estreatment of a recognizance) imposed in criminal proceedings;\n\t(b)\tany law, custom or procedure under which the Attorney-General is entitled or liable to sue, or be sued, or to intervene in proceedings, on behalf of the Crown, on the relation of, or on behalf of, any other person or persons or in any other capacity or for any other purposes.\n20—Regulations\n\t(1)\tThe Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.\n\t(2)\tWithout limiting the generality of subsection (1), those regulations may—\n\t(a)\tprescribe the particulars to be endorsed on or annexed to process to be served on the State Crown; and\n\t(b)\tregulate the service of process or other documents under this Act.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tPlease note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.\n\t•\tEarlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.\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.\nLegislation repealed by principal Act\nThe Crown Proceedings Act 1992 repealed the following:\nCrown Proceedings Act 1972\nPrincipal Act and amendments\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nCommencement\n1992\n25\nCrown Proceedings Act 1992\n14.5.1992\n1.6.1992 (Gazette 21.5.1992 p1468)\n2006\n17\nStatutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006\n6.7.2006\nPt 24 (ss 103 & 104)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831)\n2014\n20\nIndependent Commissioner Against Corruption (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2014\n27.11.2014\nSch 1 (cl 2)—27.11.2014 (Gazette 27.11.2014 p6554)\nProvisions amended\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nLong title\namended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n4.9.2006\nPt 1\n\n\nss 2 and 3\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n4.9.2006\nPt 2\n\n\ns 9\n\n\ns 9(2)\namended by 17/2006 s 103\n4.9.2006\nPt 3\n\n\ns 14\n\n\ns 14(1)\namended by 17/2006 s 104(1)\n4.9.2006\n\namended by 20/2014 Sch 1 cl 2\n27.11.2014\ns 14(2)\namended by 17/2006 s 104(2)\n4.9.2006\ns 14(3)\namended by 17/2006 s 104(3)\n4.9.2006\nHistorical versions\n4.9.2006\n\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act’s stated purpose is to provide for suits by and against the Crown (long title, s5). The text implements that purpose by allowing civil proceedings by or against the Crown on largely the same basis as between subjects, while retaining statutory immunities, public-interest confidentiality protections, and specific procedural and enforcement mechanisms (notably the Governor-directed satisfaction of judgments (s10) and Crown-specific service and subpoena rules (ss13–14)). The Act therefore stays within its original scope as expressed in its long title and operative provisions; it does not expand the Crown’s substantive immunities nor eliminate the special enforcement and procedural arrangements that distinguish Crown litigation from ordinary private litigation."},"complexity_factors":["Interplay between ordinary civil procedure and Crown-specific exceptions (s5 vs s6, s7, s8).","Separate enforcement route for judgments against the Crown requiring transmission to and directions from the Governor and potential appropriation (s10(1)–(5)).","Multiple decision-makers with distinct roles: courts, Governor, Attorney-General, Crown Solicitor (ss9, 10, 13, 14, 18).","Procedural requirements and discretionary relief: prescribed endorsements, service rules, and court discretion as to prejudice (s13(1)–(3); s20).","Cross-jurisdictional elements (State Crown bound by corresponding laws in other States; references to other States and the Commonwealth) that depend on regulations and external statutes (s4(2), s9, s12).","Preservation of existing statutory immunities and limits, creating a need to read this Act with other statutes (s6).","Notice and hearing requirements before compelling Ministers to give evidence (s14), which add steps and timing considerations.","Cost and fee rules that treat the Crown differently (s15(1)–(2)), requiring calculation conventions and administrative adjustments.","Regulations power (s20) that can materially alter procedural detail not fully specified in the Act.","Evidentiary presumptions about official signatures and appointments that affect proof and practice (ss16, 17)."],"plain_english_summary":"What this law does, in practical terms\n\n- Mechanically, the Act sets rules for civil lawsuits both by and against the Crown in South Australia. It mostly puts Crown litigation on the same procedural and substantive footing as litigation between private parties (see s5), but it also preserves a number of Crown-specific exceptions and procedures.\n\nWho it affects\n\n- The State Crown (the Crown in right of South Australia) and its ministers, agencies and instrumentalities (see definition of \"Crown\" in s4).\n- Other State Crowns and, in limited respects, the Commonwealth and other States (see s4(2), s9 and s12).\n- Private persons and businesses who bring or defend civil proceedings against the Crown.\n- Court officers, the Attorney-General and the Crown Solicitor (see ss9, 18).\n\nKey mechanics and legal effects (section references in parentheses)\n\n- Access to courts: Civil proceedings may be brought by or against the Crown in the same way as between private parties and the same substantive law applies (s5(1)). The State Crown can be sued as \"The State of South Australia\" (s5(2)(a)).\n\n- Preserved immunities and statutory limits: Existing statutory Crown immunities or limitations on liability are preserved; the Act does not remove any immunity the Crown already has (s6(1)–(2)).\n\n- Injunctive relief: Courts may grant injunctive relief against the Crown, but the Act bars mandatory injunctions against the Crown (s7).\n\n- Confidentiality/public interest protection: The Act leaves intact legal rules allowing the Crown or its officers to refuse to produce documents or answer questions where disclosure would be prejudicial to the public interest (s8).\n\n- Attorney-General’s role: The Attorney-General may represent or intervene in proceedings involving the Crown and may intervene where questions of statutory interpretation, governmental powers, or other public importance arise; the Attorney-General also has a right of appeal where they intervene (s9). Courts may order the Crown to pay costs occasioned by such interventions in special cases (s9(4)).\n\n- Enforcement of judgments against the Crown: A judgment against the Crown cannot be enforced by writ, warrant or similar process (s10(1)). Instead, courts must transmit a final judgment to the relevant Governor, who directs how the judgment is to be satisfied; ministers and agencies must carry out those directions, and those directions authorise appropriation from General Revenue or agency funds (ss10(2)–(5)).\n\n- Enforcement of judgments by the Crown: Where the Crown obtains a judgment, it enforces it in the same way as a private party (s11).\n\n- Service and procedural formalities: Proceedings against the State Crown must carry prescribed information on the initiating process (s13(1)); service of process and other documents is generally effected on the Crown Solicitor unless another solicitor is known to be acting (s13(3)). Failure to include the prescribed statement does not automatically void proceedings unless the court is satisfied the Crown was prejudiced (s13(2)). The Governor may make regulations about these particulars and service (s20).\n\n- Subpoenas and Ministers: A Minister cannot be compelled, in his or her official capacity, to give evidence or produce documents without the court’s permission; the Crown Solicitor must receive reasonable written notice and an opportunity to be heard before permission is granted, and the court must direct how the Minister is to be served if permission is given (s14(1)–(3)).\n\n- Fees and costs: The State Crown is exempt from paying court fees and transcript charges for commencing or taking steps in proceedings (s15(1)). Any costs the Crown is entitled to will be calculated as if the Crown had paid those exempted fees (s15(2)).\n\n- Administrative and evidential conveniences: Documents apparently signed by the Attorney-General or by Ministers/CEOs in certain authorisations carry presumptions of validity (ss16(1), 17(2)), and the Crown Solicitor is established as a corporation sole able to delegate functions (s18).\n\nOfficial stated purpose and a brief, source-grounded assessment of trade-offs\n\n- The Act’s stated purpose is to provide for suits by and against the Crown (long title, s5). Mechanically, it does this by removing many procedural barriers to suing the Crown (s5), while keeping substantive and procedural exceptions that maintain executive protections (s6, s8) and bespoke enforcement arrangements (s10).\n\n- Who pays: The State pays routine court fees and transcript costs for itself by statutory exemption (s15(1)); but actual satisfaction of a judgment against the State requires executive direction and appropriation (s10(3)–(5)).\n\n- Who decides: Courts hear and decide disputes on the substantive law (s5(1)(b)), but enforcement of adverse judgments against the Crown is routed to the Governor and executive direction (s10). The Attorney-General may decide to intervene (s9) and the Crown Solicitor has a gatekeeping role for service and for notice on subpoenas (ss13(3), 14(2)). Regulations under s20 can further specify service and procedural particulars.\n\n- Incentives, compliance burden and discretion: The Act reduces procedural friction for bringing suits against the Crown (s5), but it also inserts executive control in enforcement (s10) and preserves statutory immunities (s6). Parties bringing actions must comply with prescribed process endorsements and service rules (s13(1), s20(2)(a)–(b)) and must give the Crown Solicitor notice to seek subpoenas of Ministers (s14(2)). These are concrete compliance steps that can affect timing and cost. The Governor’s discretion to direct payment and to appropriate funds (s10(3)–(5)) creates an implementation point outside the ordinary enforcement tools available against private defendants.\n\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: The clearest concentrated benefit in the text is the Crown’s fee exemption (s15(1)). The most tangible cost or burden on private parties is procedural delay or additional steps when enforcing judgments (s10(1)–(5)) and the need to follow the special service and notice rules (s13, s14). The Act preserves Crown protections that could reduce private litigants’ expected recovery speed or increase uncertainty about enforcement timing (s6, s10).\n\n- Implementation risks and administrative discretion: Key implementation hinges are the Governor’s instructions to satisfy judgments (s10(3)), the court’s assessment of \"prejudice\" from procedural lapses (s13(2)), and the content of regulations made under s20. These create points where administrative or judicial discretion will affect outcomes.\n\nBottom line (mechanical):\n\nThe Act makes civil suits by and against the Crown follow ordinary civil law and procedure in most respects, but it preserves statutory immunities and public-interest confidentiality, restricts mandatory injunctions, channels enforcement of adverse judgments against the Crown into executive processes (Governor directions and appropriation), creates procedural formalities for service and subpoenas (Crown Solicitor notice, prescribed endorsements) and gives the Attorney-General express intervention and representation rights. These features change some practical incentives for litigants by easing access to courts while adding executive-controlled enforcement and certain procedural steps for litigants and the Crown (see ss5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 20)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose: establishing the framework for civil proceedings by and against the Crown. The amendments shown in the legislative history are minor procedural updates (2006 amendments relating to new civil procedure rules, 2014 amendment regarding the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption) that do not expand the Act beyond its core function of regulating Crown proceedings. The Act has not grown to cover new substantive areas of law."},"complexity_factors":["Moderate cross-referencing to other Acts (Judiciary Act 1903, regulations, and other State laws)","Conditional application to different Crown capacities (State vs Commonwealth vs other States/Territories) requiring careful parsing of section 4(2)","Nested exceptions in Part 2: general permission to sue the Crown (s5), followed by specific immunities preserved (s6), specific restrictions on injunctive relief (s7), and preservation of public interest immunity (s8)","Special procedural requirements for service (s13) and subpoenas (s14) that create exceptions to normal court rules","Unique enforcement mechanism for judgments against the Crown (s10) that bypasses standard execution processes","17 defined terms in the interpretation section, some with nested definitions (e.g., 'Crown' includes Ministers, instrumentalities, and regulation-declared bodies)","Corresponding law mechanism (s12) creates inter-jurisdictional complexity where the Act's effect depends on other States' legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This law sets out the rules for suing the South Australian government (the \"Crown\") and being sued by it. Before this kind of legislation existed, the government enjoyed special protections making it hard to take legal action against it. This Act changes that by allowing ordinary civil lawsuits against the government, with some important exceptions.\n\n**Key things this law does:**\n\n- **Allows lawsuits against the government**: You can sue the South Australian government in much the same way you'd sue a private person or company. The government sues and is sued under the name \"The State of South Australia.\"\n\n- **Protects some government privileges**: The government keeps certain protections, such as:\n  - **No mandatory injunctions**: Courts cannot force government ministers to take specific actions (though they can stop them from doing things).\n  - **Public interest confidentiality**: The government can refuse to hand over documents if doing so would harm the public interest.\n  - **No enforcement writs**: You can't send bailiffs or sheriffs to seize government property to enforce a judgment. Instead, the court sends the judgment to the Governor, who decides how to pay.\n\n- **Sets special rules for serving legal documents**: If you're suing the government, you must serve papers on the Crown Solicitor (the government's lawyer), not just any government office.\n\n- **Protects Ministers from being dragged into court easily**: You need court permission to subpoena a Minister to give evidence or produce documents, and the Crown Solicitor must get advance notice.\n\n- **Lets the Attorney-General intervene in important cases**: The Attorney-General can step into court cases that raise significant public interest questions, even if the government isn't originally involved.\n\n- **Covers other States and Territories**: The law also applies (as far as constitutionally possible) when dealing with the Crown in right of other Australian States or Territories, ensuring consistent treatment across jurisdictions.\n\n**Why it matters**: This law strikes a balance between making the government accountable through the courts (like any other legal person) while preserving necessary protections for effective governance. It replaced an earlier 1972 Act and has been updated several times to reflect modern court procedures."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed — the legislative text was not available in the content provided. The URL returned a 'Page Not Found' error from the South Australian legislation website, likely due to a site restructure in March 2026. No comparison between original intent and current provisions is possible without the actual text."},"complexity_factors":["No actual legislative text was retrievable — only a website error page was provided","Unable to assess technical complexity, cross-references, definitions, or amendment history from the supplied content","Score of 2 reflects the nominal complexity of identifying a page-not-found error rather than any substantive legal analysis"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe link provided for the *Crown Proceedings Act 1992* (South Australia) returned a **'Page Not Found'** error from the South Australian legislation website. This appears to be a broken or outdated URL, likely due to a website update in March 2026.\n\n**What we do know about this Act in general terms:**\nThe *Crown Proceedings Act 1992* (SA) is the law that allows ordinary people to **sue the South Australian Government** (the 'Crown') in court — something that historically was very difficult or impossible due to the old legal principle that 'the King can do no wrong.' This Act levels the playing field by making the government answerable to the same legal processes as private individuals and organisations.\n\n**Who it affects:** Anyone who has a legal dispute with a South Australian government agency, department, or instrumentality — for example, if a government vehicle injures you, or a government body breaches a contract with you.\n\n**Why it matters:** Without this type of law, citizens would have little practical recourse when harmed by government action. It is a cornerstone of government accountability.\n\n⚠️ *This summary is based on general knowledge of the Act, not the retrieved text. Please access the current version directly via the SA legislation website at legislation.sa.gov.au.*"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/crown-proceedings-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/crown-proceedings-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/crown-proceedings-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/crown-proceedings-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/crown-proceedings-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/crown-proceedings-act-1992/documents"}}