{"id":"new-womens-and-childrens-hospital-act-2022","name":"New Women's and Children's Hospital Act 2022","slug":"new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106093,"registerId":"sa-new-womens-and-childrens-hospital-act-2022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"New Women's and Children's Hospital Act 2022","content":"South Australia\nNew Women's and Children's Hospital Act 2022\nAn Act to facilitate the development of the new Women's and Children's Hospital and for other purposes.\n\nContents\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tEffect of Act\nPart 2—The project site\n5\tProject site\n6\tVesting of project site\nPart 3—The support zones\n7\tSupport zones\nPart 4—Carrying out the project\n8\tDevelopment assessment etc\n9\tRoads\nPart 5—Miscellaneous\n10\tRelocation of certain SA Police facilities\n11\tMinister may make provision in relation to land or structures\n12\tDuties of Registrar‑General\n13\tOther actions etc necessary to give effect to Act\n14\tCertain fees etc not payable\n15\tRegulations\nSchedule 1—Project site and support zones\nLegislative history\n\nThe Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the New Women's and Children's Hospital Act 2022.\n2—Commencement\nThis Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.\n3—Interpretation\n\t(1)\tIn this Act—\ndevelopment has the same meaning as in the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016;\nGRO means the General Registry Office at Adelaide;\nproject means the new Women's and Children's Hospital to be developed in accordance with this Act;\nproject site—see section 5;\nroad has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1999;\nsupport zone—see section 7.\n\t(2)\tIn this Act, a reference—\n\t(a)\tto the opening of a road extends to the widening of a road;\n\t(b)\tto closure of a road extends to the narrowing of a road.\n4—Effect of Act\n\t(1)\tThis Act has effect despite any other Act or law of the State.\n\t(2)\tThis Act applies to land notwithstanding the provisions of the Real Property Act 1886.\n\t(3)\tThe Land Acquisition Act 1969 does not apply to any vesting of land under this Act.\nNote—\nNothing in this Act affects the operation of any Commonwealth law or authorises the Minister to affect any right, title or interest held by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth.\nPart 2—The project site\n5—Project site\nThe project site is—\n\t(a)\tthe area of land indicated as the project site in the plan set out in Schedule 1 (being more particularly delineated in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this provision); or\n\t(b)\tif the Minister at any time determines that not all of the land referred to in paragraph (a) is required as the project site—any part of that area of land delineated in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this provision.\n6—Vesting of project site\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, vest the whole or any part of the project site in the Minister in an estate in fee simple.\n\t(2)\tThe Minister must delineate the land that vests in the Minister under this section in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.\n\t(3)\tLand that vests in the Minister under this section vests free from all dedications, encumbrances, estates and interests other than those indicated by the Minister in the plan or plans deposited under subsection (2).\nNote—\nOnce the land is vested in the Minister under this section, the Minister will have powers in relation to the land as the holder of the fee simple.\nPart 3—The support zones\n7—Support zones\n\t(1)\tThe support zones are—\n\t(a)\tin relation to any utilities or services required in connection with the development on the project site that are to be installed underground or any stormwater management works—any land within 800 metres of the boundary of the project site; or\n\t(b)\tin relation to any other support services and facilities—\n\t(i)\tthe areas of land indicated as support zones in the plan set out in Schedule 1 (being more particularly delineated in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this provision); or\n\t(ii)\tif the Minister at any time determines that not all of the land referred to in subparagraph (i) is required as the support zones—any part of that area of land delineated in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this provision.\n\t(2)\tIn this section, support services and facilities are any of the following:\n\t(a)\tutilities or services required in connection with the development on the project site;\nNote—\nFor example electricity and telecommunications, gas, water and sewerage.\n\t(b)\tstormwater management works;\n\t(c)\troads, paths, bridges, tramways, railways and other access requirements in connection with the development on the project site;\nNote—\nThis includes fixtures on such roads, paths, bridges, tramways, railways and other access requirements, such as signage, lighting and public transport platforms and shelters.\n\t(d)\ttemporary amenities and facilities required while the project is being undertaken;\n\t(e)\tany works in the areas immediately adjacent to the project site (the construction zone) to facilitate the construction of any building or structure on the project site;\n\t(f)\tconstruction of parks and playgrounds and other works for the purposes of subsection (4)(b).\n\t(3)\tIn exercising powers under this section in relation to any areas within the Adelaide Park Lands, the Minister must have regard to the statutory principles specified in section 4 of the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005.\n\t(4)\tThe Minister—\n\t(a)\tis not authorised under this section to construct any building in the support zones that would remain after completion of the project; and\n\t(b)\tmust, after completion of the support services and facilities, ensure that the public amenity of the support zones is restored by, for example, landscaping or revegetating such areas or constructing parks, playgrounds or recreational areas,\n(provided that nothing in this subsection affects anything constructed or installed in accordance with subsection (2)(a), (b), (c) or (f)).\n\t(5)\tThe Minister may, for the purposes of any support services and facilities, do any of the following in a support zone:\n\t(a)\tenter and occupy, or otherwise make use of, the zone;\n\t(b)\ttake vehicles, machinery or equipment onto the zone;\n\t(c)\terect any fences or barriers and prevent access to the zone or any part of the zone;\n\t(d)\tundertake works or activities in the zone, including (without limitation)—\n\t(i)\tundertaking any testing, investigations or preparatory works; or\n\t(ii)\tconstructing, realigning or otherwise altering any roads, paths, bridges, tramways or railways; or\n\t(iii)\tconstructing or altering any structure; or\n\t(iv)\tconstructing any temporary building or structure required while the project is being undertaken; or\n\t(v)\tin the case of the construction zone—constructing any building or structure on the project site or any other any works necessary for the purposes of undertaking the project on the project site; or\n\t(vi)\tinstalling, modifying, removing or relocating any utilities, services, equipment, items or facilities; or\n\t(vii)\tclearing or otherwise dealing with any vegetation or undertaking any planting or landscaping.\nNote—\nSee also subsection (4)\n\t(6)\tThe Minister may, by instrument in writing, authorise any person, or class of person, to exercise powers referred to in subsection (5) on behalf of the Minister (and if a person is authorised by the Minister to exercise a power under this subsection, the person will be taken to exercise the power pursuant to that authority to the exclusion of any other powers of the person under another Act or law).\nPart 4—Carrying out the project\n8—Development assessment etc\n\t(1)\tSubject to this section, the following requirements of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 apply to a development proposed to be undertaken under this Act on the project site or the support zones (to the extent that they are relevant to the particular development):\n\t(a)\tthe requirement for planning consent and building consent to be granted in respect of the development;\n\t(b)\tthe requirement for final development approval to be granted in respect of the development.\n\t(2)\tAll development proposed to be undertaken under this Act on the project site or the support zones will be taken to be classified by the Planning and Design Code as deemed‑to‑satisfy development for the purposes of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016.\n\t(3)\tThe State Planning Commission will be taken to be the relevant authority for all purposes under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 in relation to development proposed to be undertaken under this Act on the project site or the support zones.\n\t(4)\tExcept as is specified in this section or as may be prescribed by the regulations, no—\n\t(a)\tassessment, decision, consent, approval, authorisation, certificate, licence, permit or permission; or\n\t(b)\tconsultation, notification or other procedural step,\nis required under a law of the State in connection with any action taken under this Act or the performance of functions under this Act.\n9—Roads\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may—\n\t(a)\tby notice in the Gazette, temporarily close any road in connection with the development on the project site; or\n\t(b)\tby lodging a plan with the Registrar-General, open or close any roads in connection with the development on the project site.\n\t(2)\tA plan lodged under subsection (1)(b) may specify that any road shown on the plan is a public road (in which case the road will be taken to have been established in accordance with the Roads (Opening and Closing) Act 1991 and to be a public road within the meaning of section 4 of the Local Government Act 1999).\n\t(3)\tThe Minister may—\n\t(a)\tby subsequent notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under subsection (1)(a); and\n\t(b)\tby subsequent plan lodged with the Registrar-General, vary any plan lodged with the Registrar‑General under subsection (1)(b).\nPart 5—Miscellaneous\n10—Relocation of certain SA Police facilities\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, vest a prescribed area within the Adelaide Park Lands in the relevant Minister in an estate in fee simple.\n\t(2)\tLand that vests in the relevant Minister by notice under this section vests free from all dedications, encumbrances, estates and interests other than those indicated in the plan or plans identified in the notice.\n\t(3)\tThe relevant Minister must ensure that the land that vests under this section is used by SA Police for the purposes of its Mounted Operations Unit.\n\t(4)\tIf a prescribed area vests in the relevant Minister under this section, section 8 applies in relation to any development proposed to be undertaken on the prescribed area as if it were development proposed to be undertaken on the project site.\n\t(5)\tNo compensation is payable by the Minister, the relevant Minister or the Crown in connection with the operation of this section.\n\t(6)\tIn this section—\nprescribed area, in relation to a notice under subsection (1), means an area of land delineated in a plan or plans to be deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister in the notice;\nrelevant Minister means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Police Act 1998.\nNote—\nOnce the land is vested in the relevant Minister under this section, the relevant Minister will have powers in relation to the land as the holder of the fee simple.\n11—Minister may make provision in relation to land or structures\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may, in connection with the operation of this Act, by instrument deposited in the GRO, make provision relating to the status, vesting or management of land or structures or the delineation of land as the Minister thinks fit (and such an instrument will have effect according to its terms).\nNote—\nAn instrument under this section may, for example, extinguish, vary, transfer or create any interest in land or a structure, provide for the reservation of land for a specified purpose or vest the care, control and management of land or a structure in any person or body.\n\t(2)\tIf the Minister deposits an instrument in the GRO under this section, the Minister must give public notice of that fact within 2 months after the instrument is deposited.\n12—Duties of Registrar‑General\n\t(1)\tThe Registrar‑General will, at the direction of the Minister, take such action as may be required by the Minister for or in connection with—\n\t(a)\tthe issue, alteration, correction or cancellation of certificates or other documents of title; or\n\t(b)\tthe making, recording, alteration, correction or cancellation of entries or endorsements in the Crown land register or in the Register Books, as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act; or\n\t(c)\tthe deposit of any plan in the Lands Titles Registration Office.\n\t(2)\tIf the Minister directs the Registrar‑General to take action under this Act to give effect to a determination or action of the Minister, the Minister will, if required by the Registrar‑General—\n\t(a)\tfurnish the Registrar‑General with any map or plan required by the Registrar‑General to give effect to the determination or action; or\n\t(b)\tfurnish the Registrar‑General with any document required by the Registrar‑General in relation to the determination or action.\n13—Other actions etc necessary to give effect to Act\n\t(1)\tThe Minister responsible for the administration of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 will, at the request of the Minister under this Act, make any alterations to the Planning and Design Code under that Act, or any other instruments under that Act, that are, in the opinion of the Minister, necessary to give effect to this Act or as a result of the project (and any requirements of that Act relating to the making of such alterations do not apply).\n\t(2)\tOn the commencement of this subsection—\n\t(a)\tany State Heritage Place within the project site is taken to cease being a State Heritage Place; and\n\t(b)\tany State Heritage Area within the project site is taken to cease being a State Heritage Area,\nand all such places and areas within the project site are taken to have been removed from the South Australian Heritage Register.\n\t(3)\tIn this section—\nSouth Australian Heritage Register means the Register under the Heritage Places Act 1993;\nState Heritage Area has the same meaning as in the Heritage Places Act 1993;\nState Heritage Place has the same meaning as in the Heritage Places Act 1993.\n14—Certain fees etc not payable\nNo fees or charges are payable to The Corporation of the City of Adelaide in respect of the exercise of functions under this Act.\n15—Regulations\n\t(1)\tThe Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.\n\t(2)\tThe regulations may—\n\t(a)\tmodify or exclude the application of any Act (or a provision of an Act) or law in connection with the project or any functions exercised under this Act; and\n\t(b)\tbe of general or limited application; and\n\t(c)\tmake different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and\n\t(d)\tmake provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or on the commencement of specified provisions of this Act or on the making of regulations under this Act; and\n\t(e)\tprovide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister or any other specified person or body.\nSchedule 1—Project site and support zones\n\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 Act\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nCommencement\n2022\n19\nNew Women's and Children's Hospital Act 2022 \n24.11.2022\n19.1.2023 (Gazette 18.1.2023 p56)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act is tightly focused on facilitating the delivery of a specified hospital project and its associated support works. Its provisions (vesting land, defining support zones, streamlining planning approvals, directing title changes and removing heritage status within the project site) all serve that single purpose. While the Act gives broad powers and significant discretion to the Minister, those powers are exercised in service of the project rather than substantially broadening the statutory purpose beyond facilitating development of the new Women's and Children's Hospital."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross‑references to other Acts (Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016; Real Property Act 1886; Land Acquisition Act 1969; Roads (Opening and Closing) Act 1991; Local Government Act 1999; Heritage Places Act 1993; Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005)","Ministerial discretion pervasive (vesting, delineation, authorisations, instruments and regulation‑making powers) (ss 5–7, 11, 15)","Procedural exclusions and exceptions (explicit non‑application of many approvals and consultations) (s 8(4))","Support zone rules include a bright‑line 800 metre rule for underground utilities plus separately delineated zones (s 7(1)(a) and (b))","Title and register interventions directed to Registrar‑General requiring coordination between executive action and land registration (ss 6, 11–12)","Heritage removal on commencement for places/areas in project site (s 13(2)) introduces a categorical change rather than case‑by‑case assessment","Regulations may modify or exclude other Acts and leave matters to Ministerial discretion (s 15), increasing conditional complexity at subordinate law level","Several mechanisms use deposited plans + Gazette notices + GRO instruments, creating layered documentary triggers (ss 5–6, 7, 11)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does (mechanically)\n\n- Creates a legal framework to enable the development of a new Women's and Children's Hospital by giving the State (through the Minister) specific land, planning and construction powers. (See long title; sections 5–9.)\n\n- Identifies a project site and support zones by reference to plans that the Minister deposits in the General Registry Office (GRO) and announces in the Gazette. The Minister can later reduce the area if all land is not required. (ss 5, 7.)\n\n- Allows the Minister to vest (transfer into the Minister’s ownership) all or part of the project site in fee simple (full ownership) by Gazette notice, and to record the boundaries in plans lodged in the GRO. Land vested in this way is treated as free of encumbrances except those the Minister identifies. (s 6.)\n\n- Establishes broad rights for the Minister (and people the Minister authorises) to enter, occupy and use support zones for works related to the project — including testing, building, installing utilities, altering roads, erecting temporary structures, clearing vegetation and preventing public access while works occur. Support zones for underground utilities extend up to 800 metres from the project boundary; other support zones are as shown in the deposited plans. (s 7.)\n\n- Provides that development on the project site and support zones will be subject to the State’s planning and building consent requirements but will be treated as \"deemed‑to‑satisfy\" (a streamlined classification), with the State Planning Commission acting as the relevant planning authority. At the same time, most other procedural steps, consultations and approvals under State law are not required except as specified. (s 8.)\n\n- Gives the Minister powers to open, close or temporarily close roads for the project by Gazette notice or by lodging plans with the Registrar‑General; such plans can also establish a public road. (s 9.)\n\n- Authorises vesting of specified Park Lands areas to the Minister responsible for police matters for use by SA Police’s Mounted Operations Unit, and says no compensation is payable in relation to that vesting. (s 10.)\n\n- Enables the Minister to deposit instruments in the GRO to set the status, vesting and management of land or structures (for example, to extinguish or create interests or to vest care and control), and requires public notice of any such instrument. (s 11.)\n\n- Directs the Registrar‑General to make title and register changes at the Minister’s direction to give effect to vestings and plans. (s 12.)\n\n- Requires the Minister responsible for planning to alter the Planning and Design Code or other instruments to the extent the Minister considers necessary to implement the project, and provides that any State Heritage Place or Area within the project site ceases to have that status on commencement. (s 13.)\n\n- Excludes the Land Acquisition Act from applying to vestings under this Act and declares the Act has effect despite any other State law; the Act does not affect Commonwealth rights. (s 4.)\n\n- Removes fees or charges payable to the City of Adelaide for functions under this Act. (s 14.)\n\n- Grants the Governor power to make regulations that can modify or exclude other Acts for the project and to leave certain matters to the Minister’s discretion. (s 15.)\n\n\nWho this affects\n\n- Landowners, occupiers, tenants, easement holders and other interest‑holders within the project site and support zones: their land can be vested in the Minister and is subject to entry, works and restrictions (ss 5–7, 6). The Act does not make the Land Acquisition Act applicable to those vestings (s 4(3)).\n\n- Nearby private property owners, businesses and utilities within up to 800 metres for underground works: they may face access restrictions, construction impacts, utility relocations and temporary works (s 7(1)(a), 7(5)).\n\n- Contractors and service providers: the project will create work opportunities but procurement and authorisation are driven by the Minister’s discretion (s 7(6), s 11).\n\n- The City of Adelaide: cannot charge fees or charges for functions exercised under this Act (s 14).\n\n- State agencies: the State Planning Commission acts as the assessing authority (s 8(3)); the Registrar‑General must update titles at the Minister’s direction (s 12); the Minister responsible for planning must alter planning instruments if requested (s 13(1)).\n\n- SA Police Mounted Operations Unit: land can be vested for their use, without compensation (s 10).\n\n\nWhy it matters (purpose claims and practical implications)\n\n- Official purpose: to facilitate and speed the delivery of the new hospital by clearing legal, planning and title obstacles and giving the Minister direct powers to secure and prepare the land and supporting infrastructure (long title; ss 5–9, 11–13).\n\n- Practical trade‑offs and incentives:\n  - Speed and certainty for the project come at the cost of concentrating decision‑making power in the Minister and the Executive. The Act allows the Minister to vest land in fee simple (s 6), authorise use of support zones and direct the Registrar‑General to alter titles (ss 7, 12), and to have the Planning Code changed without ordinary procedures (s 13(1)).\n  - The Act reduces procedural and consultation requirements for affected parties by excluding many assessment and notification steps under State law (s 8(4)). That lowers administrative and timing costs for the project but reduces the formal avenues open to third parties to influence or oppose decisions.\n  - The Act removes heritage protections for places and areas inside the project site on commencement (s 13(2)), which reduces regulatory constraints but extinguishes heritage‑based objections and obligations for those specific places.\n\n- Who pays and who benefits:\n  - The State funds and controls the project; the Minister (and those the Minister authorises) gains operational control over land and works (ss 6, 7, 11). City of Adelaide loses fee income for actions under the Act (s 14). The Act is silent about compensation in relation to vestings under s 6; it expressly denies compensation for the police land vesting (s 10(5)) and excludes operation of the Land Acquisition Act (s 4(3)), so affected private interest‑holders may not receive compensation unless another provision, instrument or agreement provides it.\n  - Benefits are concentrated on the project delivery chain (the State and its contractors) while costs and disruption are dispersed among affected private land‑holders, nearby residents and businesses.\n\n- Implementation risk and discretion:\n  - The Act relies on Gazette notices and plans deposited in the GRO to define boundaries and vestings; inaccurate plans or notice procedures create practical and legal risk (ss 5, 6, 11, 12).\n  - Regulations may expressly modify or exclude other Acts for the project and leave matters to Ministerial discretion (s 15). That creates substantial administrative discretion and reduced statutory protections for third parties.\n\n- Effects on private choice, markets and competition (brief analysis):\n  - Property rights: the Act enables compulsory vesting-like outcomes without operation of the Land Acquisition Act and with limited procedural protections (ss 4(2)–(3), 6, 11). That narrows owners’ control over disposition and use of their land.\n  - Market effects: construction and utility firms may gain contracts; local businesses near works face disruption and possible temporary loss of access. Removing planning and heritage constraints for the site may lower project costs but forecloses alternative uses of the land.\n  - Competitive neutrality and procurement: the Act grants the Minister power to authorise persons or classes to exercise powers (s 7(6)) and to determine matters under regulations (s 15(2)(e)), but it does not prescribe open procurement rules; this concentrates choice by the Executive.\n\n\nConcrete legal mechanisms to watch (section pointers)\n\n- Ministerial vesting of land in fee simple; vesting free of encumbrances except as identified (ss 6(1)–(3)).\n- Broad entry/works and occupation powers in support zones; 800 metre rule for underground utilities (s 7(1)(a), (5)).\n- Treatment of developments as \"deemed‑to‑satisfy\" and designation of the State Planning Commission as the relevant authority (s 8(2)–(3)), coupled with the exclusion of other procedural requirements (s 8(4)).\n- Removal of State heritage status for places/areas within the project site on commencement (s 13(2)).\n- Ability to make instruments that alter land interests and to require the Registrar‑General to effect title changes (ss 11–12).\n- Regulation power to modify or exclude other Acts or leave matters to Ministerial discretion (s 15).\n\n\nBottom line\n\nMechanically the Act centralises control in the Minister and the State to acquire, prepare and develop a defined project site and nearby support zones, simplifies planning pathways for the project, removes some procedural and heritage constraints, and creates administrative routes to alter land titles and public infrastructure. The practical costs are primarily borne by affected land interest‑holders and nearby property owners through loss of ordinary procedural protections, potential loss or alteration of property rights, and construction impacts; the practical benefits are concentrated on delivering the hospital within a streamlined legal environment (see ss 4, 5–8, 11–13)."},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: facilitating the development of the new Women's and Children's Hospital. While it grants broad powers (land acquisition, planning bypass, heritage removal), these are all directly connected to the hospital project. The police relocation in section 10 is ancillary to the project (freeing up the existing hospital site). There is no significant scope creep beyond the hospital development and its immediate supporting infrastructure."},"complexity_factors":["Moderate cross-referencing to other Acts (Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016, Local Government Act 1999, Real Property Act 1886, Heritage Places Act 1993, Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005, Police Act 1998, Roads (Opening and Closing) Act 1991, Land Acquisition Act 1969)","Conditional logic in support zones (different rules for underground services vs other facilities, 800-metre radius vs mapped areas)","Nested exceptions in section 7(4) – prohibition on permanent buildings with exception for utilities/roads/parks, plus a proviso preserving subsections (2)(a), (b), (c), (f)","Multiple mechanisms for land vesting (Gazette notice, plan deposit, Minister's determination)","Override clauses that suspend normal operation of other laws (section 4 – \"despite any other Act\", section 13(2) – automatic heritage deregistration)","Delegated powers allowing regulations to modify or exclude any other Act (section 15(2)(a))"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act is a special-purpose law to fast-track the building of a new Women's and Children's Hospital in South Australia. It gives the Minister extraordinary powers to acquire land, override normal planning rules, and manage the construction process with minimal red tape.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Landowners near the hospital site** – The Minister can take ownership of land (called \"vesting\") for the hospital and surrounding \"support zones\" (up to 800 metres away for underground services, or other areas for roads, utilities, etc.).\n- **Local residents and businesses** – Roads can be opened, closed, or altered. Heritage protections are stripped from the site. Normal planning consultation requirements don't apply.\n- **The City of Adelaide** – They can't charge fees for anything done under this Act.\n- **SA Police** – Their Mounted Operations Unit gets relocated land in the Adelaide Park Lands.\n\n**Key powers the Minister gets:**\n\n- **Land acquisition** – Can take full ownership of the hospital site and support zones, wiping out existing property interests (mortgages, leases, etc.) unless specifically kept.\n- **Bypass normal planning** – Hospital development is automatically \"deemed-to-satisfy\" (meaning it skips detailed assessment), and the State Planning Commission becomes the only decision-maker.\n- **Heritage removal** – Any State Heritage Places or Areas on the site immediately lose their protected status when the Act starts.\n- **Road control** – Can open, close, widen, or narrow roads by Gazette notice or plan.\n- **Support zone powers** – Can enter land, build temporary structures, install utilities, clear vegetation, and restrict public access within 800 metres of the site (or other designated areas).\n- **Police relocation** – Can acquire Park Lands for the police horses, with no compensation payable.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis is a \"special case\" law that suspends normal legal protections to get a major public hospital built quickly. It overrides the usual Planning Act requirements, heritage laws, land acquisition processes, and even the Real Property Act (which normally governs land titles). The trade-off is speed versus usual democratic checks like public consultation, third-party appeals, and compensation rights."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not successfully retrieved. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible from the available content."},"complexity_factors":["No actual legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404 error","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the Act's content","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act sets out the legal framework for planning, establishing and governing a new Women's and Children's Hospital in South Australia — covering matters such as site, governance, transition and funding for a major public health infrastructure project.  \n\nIt matters to patients and families, hospital staff, taxpayers funding the build, and nearby landowners or businesses affected by the development."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022","history":"/api/acts/new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/new-women-s-and-children-s-hospital-act-2022/documents"}}