{"id":"legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017","name":"Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017","slug":"legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":236083,"registerId":"sa-legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017","content":"South Australia\nLegislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017\nunder the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tDefinition of legislation\n5\tAlterations that may be made in revising legislation\n6\tPublication of legislation\n7\tEvidence\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002.\n4—Definition of legislation\nFor the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of legislation in section 3 of the Act, the following are legislative instruments of a prescribed kind:\n\t(a)\tan environment protection policy made under Part 5 of the Environment Protection Act 1993 (other than a national environment protection measure that became an environment protection policy under section 28A(1) of the Act before that section was repealed);\n\t(b)\tan aquaculture policy made under Part 4 of the Aquaculture Act 2001 on or after 1 January 2005;\n\t(c)\ta rule made by the Governor under the Road Traffic Act 1961;\n\t(d)\ta proclamation made by the Governor under an Act on or after 1 January 2003;\n\t(e)\ta notice made by the Governor under an Act and published in the Gazette on or after 1 January 2003 (other than a notice made by the Governor under the Justices of the Peace Act 2005);\n\t(f)\ta direction or requirement of the State Co‑ordinator under section 25 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 in respect of the outbreak of the human disease named COVID‑19 within South Australia that—\n\t(i)\tapplies to persons generally throughout the State; and\n\t(ii)\tis issued in the form of a written instrument (whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph);\n\t(g)\ta direction or requirement of the Chief Executive (within the meaning of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011) under section 25 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 (as applied pursuant to section 90(1) of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011) in respect of the outbreak of the human disease named COVID‑19 within South Australia that—\n\t(i)\tapplies to persons generally throughout the State; and\n\t(ii)\tis issued in the form of a written instrument (whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph).\n5—Alterations that may be made in revising legislation\nPursuant to section 7(1)(i) of the Act, in revising legislation under the Act, language indicating gender, or that could be taken to indicate gender, may be expressed in a different way so as to avoid referring to gender.\n6—Publication of legislation\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 8 of the Act, legislation may be published under the Act by publishing an electronic copy of the legislation from the SA legislation website.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 8(3) of the Act, an electronic copy of legislation downloaded from the SA legislation website or a print of that electronic copy will, for the purposes of the Act and any other Act, be taken to be published under the Act if the following conditions are satisfied:\n\t(a)\telectronic publication of the legislation must have been authorised by the Commissioner;\n\t(b)\tthe following statement must appear at the foot of each page of the electronic copy of the legislation:\nPublished under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002.\n\t(2a)\tHowever, the condition set out in subregulation (2)(b) does not apply in relation to legislation of a kind referred to in regulation 4(f) or (g).\n\t(3)\tIn this regulation—\nSA legislation website means the website with the URL of www.legislation.sa.gov.au or any other website established and maintained by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for the purpose of providing public access to the legislation of South Australia.\n7—Evidence\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 9(3) of the Act, the SA legislation website is prescribed.\n\t(2)\tIn this regulation—\nSA legislation website means the website with the URL of www.legislation.sa.gov.au or any other website established and maintained by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for the purpose of providing public access to the legislation of South Australia.\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 these regulations (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 revoked by principal regulations\nThe Legislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2017 revoked the following:\nLegislation Revision and Publication Regulations 2002\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2017\n254\nGazette 15.8.2017 p3607 \n15.8.2017: r 2\n2020\n206\nGazette 11.6.2020 p3346\n11.6.2020: r 2\n2021\n193\nGazette 23.12.2021 p4629\n1.1.2022: r 2\nProvisions varied\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nr 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n11.6.2020\nr 4\nvaried by 206/2020 r 4\n11.6.2020\n\namended by 193/2021 r 3\n1.1.2022\nr 6\n\n\nr 6(2a)\ninserted by 206/2020 r 5\n11.6.2020\nr 7\ninserted by 193/2021 r 4\n1.1.2022\nSch 1\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n11.6.2020\nHistorical versions\n11.6.2020\n\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 2017 regulations appear to have been a straightforward machinery instrument for publishing legislation. However, amendments in 2020 and 2021 significantly expanded the scope by adding regulations 4(f) and (g), which specifically capture COVID-19 emergency directions as 'legislation' requiring publication. This transformed the instrument from a general administrative mechanism into a vehicle for pandemic-specific legal archiving, including retrospective application ('whether before or after the commencement')."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with only 7 regulations plus interpretation provisions","Minimal cross-referencing limited to the parent Act (Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002) and specific external Acts","Straightforward conditional logic in regulation 4 (listing specific types of instruments with date cut-offs and exclusions)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'SA legislation website'), though 'SA legislation website' is defined twice (in regulations 6 and 7)","Simple exception structure in regulation 6(2a) (exempting COVID-19 directions from the page footer requirement)","Legislative history table adds bulk but is administrative metadata, not substantive law"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the rules for how South Australian laws are updated, published, and proven in court.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Defines what counts as 'legislation'** that must be officially published, including environment policies, aquaculture policies, road rules, Governor's proclamations and notices, and specific COVID-19 emergency directions.\n- **Allows gender-neutral language** when old laws are being revised and updated.\n- **Authorises online publication** of laws through the official SA legislation website (www.legislation.sa.gov.au).\n- **Sets rules for proving laws in court** by prescribing the official website as a valid source of evidence.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone who needs to access South Australian laws (lawyers, judges, businesses, citizens).\n- Government officials who make policies and proclamations.\n- People affected by COVID-19 emergency directions, as these are now explicitly included as publishable legislation.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout these regulations, there would be no clear way to know which version of a law is official, or whether a document downloaded from the internet could be used as evidence in court. The regulations ensure laws are accessible, up-to-date, and legally reliable."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations broadened the kinds of instruments treated as \"legislation\" (adding environment protection and aquaculture policies, Governor proclamations/notices after set dates, and explicitly including certain COVID‑19 directions issued by the State Co‑ordinator and Chief Executive) and formalised electronic publication and evidentiary status for the SA legislation website. They also permit gender-neutral language in revisions (see regs 4, 5, 6 and 7)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 and multiple other Acts (creates reliance on external definitions and dates).","Prescriptive list of instrument types treated as \"legislation\" (reg 4) with date cut‑offs and specific exclusions (adds narrow temporal/legal sorting).","Conditional publication rules requiring Commissioner authorisation and a mandatory footer, with an explicit exception for certain COVID directions (reg 6(2), 6(2a)).","Administrative discretion vested in the Commissioner to authorise electronic publication (compliance and delegation risk).","Evidentiary prescription naming the SA legislation website as a source (reg 7), duplicated defined term across regs.","Amendment history and variations noted in the instrument increase interpretive complexity about current scope and commencement dates."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations say which instruments count as \"legislation\" for the purposes of revision and publication, allow revisers to replace gendered language with neutral words, and permit official publication from the SA legislation website once authorised by the Commissioner (with a required footer in most cases). They expressly include certain COVID‑19 directions and nominate the SA legislation website as an evidentiary source. That changes who must seek authorisation, who must add the footer, and which written instruments are captured as revisable legislation."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope assessment is not possible — the legislative text was not retrievable. The URL provided returned a 'Page Not Found' error, meaning no substantive content was available for comparison against any original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — only a website error page was provided","Cannot assess complexity of the actual regulations without access to the document","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"Likely sets the rules for how South Australian laws are revised, updated and officially published, governing the technical maintenance of the statute book. It mainly affects the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and government publishing bodies, with indirect relevance to legal practitioners, researchers and anyone relying on authoritative SA legislation. To read the regulation, search legislation.sa.gov.au or email OPCWeb@sa.gov.au about the broken link."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017","history":"/api/acts/legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-revision-and-publication-regulations-2017/documents"}}