{"id":"subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018","name":"Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2018","slug":"subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":237408,"registerId":"sa-subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2018","content":"South Australia\nSubordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2018\nunder the Legislative Instruments Act 1978\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tRegulations to which expiry under Part 3A of Act does not apply\nSchedule 1—Revocation of Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2017\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2018.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations will come into operation 4 months after the day on which they are made (see Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 section 10AA).\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978.\n4—Regulations to which expiry under Part 3A of Act does not apply\nFor the purposes of section 16A(d) of the Act, the following regulations, made pursuant to an agreement for uniform legislation between this State and the Commonwealth or other States or Territories of the Commonwealth, are prescribed:\n\t(a)\tthe Australian Crime Commission (South Australia) Regulations 2004;\n\t(b)\tthe Australian Road Rules;\n\t(c)\tthe Co-operatives (South Australia) Regulations 2015;\n\t(d)\tthe Electronic Conveyancing National Law (South Australia) Regulations 2016;\n\t(e)\tthe Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) (Expiation Fees) Regulations 2013;\n\t(f)\tthe Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) (Fees) Regulations 2013;\n\t(g)\tthe Motor Vehicles (National Heavy Vehicles Registration Fees) Regulations 2008;\n\t(h)\tthe Offshore Minerals Regulations 2002;\n\t(i)\tthe Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Regulations 2010;\n\t(j)\tthe Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) Rules 2018.\nSchedule 1—Revocation of Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2017\nThe Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2017 are revoked.\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\n2018\n18\nGazette 6.2.2018 p621 \n6.6.2018: r 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"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":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess scope or any changes to original intent — the legislation text was not accessible due to a broken or outdated URL. No analysis of scope drift is possible without the primary source material."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404/Page Not Found error","Impossible to assess substantive complexity without access to the actual text","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"The Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2018 set out the administrative rules for making, managing and reviewing subordinate (non‑Parliamentary) laws in South Australia. They primarily affect ministers, government agencies and other rule‑makers by governing how regulations are created and handled, and matter because they shape regulatory consistency, transparency and legal process for delegated law‑making."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The 2018 regulations revoke the Subordinate Legislation (General) Regulations 2017 (Schedule 1) and republish a prescribed list of instruments exempted from expiry under s16A(d) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 (reg 4). This replaces the earlier instrument and therefore changes the operative instrument in force by updating the list of exempted regulations and removing the 2017 regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with four operative clauses plus a revocation schedule (Regs 1–4; Schedule 1).","Cross‑references to the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 (defined term 'Act' in reg 3) and to section 16A(d) of that Act (reg 4) create dependency on external statute.","Reg 4 prescribes a list of ten external instruments (naming multiple national/uniform instruments) whose expiry is excluded, requiring readers to consult those instruments for substance.","Commencement timing deferred to 4 months after making (reg 2), which affects implementation sequencing.","Revocation of the 2017 Regulations (Schedule 1) replaces prior text; comparison requires access to the revoked instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set a 4‑month delayed start, define “Act” as the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, revoke the 2017 Regulations, and prescribe a list of specific South Australian instruments that will not be subject to automatic expiry under section 16A(d) of the Act. They affect the agencies that make or enforce the listed instruments and the people regulated by them, because those instruments remain continuously in force and must be maintained and applied without the usual expiry process."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly its intended purpose: maintaining the list of regulations exempt from automatic expiry under the Subordinate Legislation Act. The 2018 version updates the 2017 list by adding the Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) Rules 2018 and removing any regulations no longer requiring exemption, but this is routine maintenance consistent with the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 4 substantive provisions plus a revocation schedule","Single defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic or nested exceptions — just a straightforward list of exempted regulations","No cross-references to other legislation beyond naming the parent Act and listing specific regulations","Simple structure: title, commencement, one definition, one exemption list, revocation of predecessor"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\n\nThese regulations are essentially a housekeeping instrument for South Australian law. They do two main things:\n\n1. **They exempt certain important regulations from automatic expiry.** Under South Australia's *Subordinate Legislation Act 1978*, most regulations automatically expire (stop being law) after a set period unless someone actively decides to keep them. This is called \"sunsetting\" — like how regulations have a built-in sunset date. These 2018 regulations list specific regulations that are **exempt** from this automatic expiry because they implement national agreements between states and the Commonwealth.\n\n2. **They revoke (cancel) the previous year's version** of these same regulations (the 2017 version), keeping the list of exemptions up to date.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Government lawyers and policy officers** who manage South Australia's regulation database\n- **The specific regulations listed** (dealing with things like national road rules, heavy vehicle laws, electronic conveyancing, and prisoner transfers between states) — these can continue operating without worrying about automatic expiry\n- **Ordinary people** only indirectly: if you drive on national roads, buy property electronically, or deal with heavy vehicles, the national rules you rely on stay valid because of this exemption\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nWithout this exemption, regulations implementing national agreements would periodically expire and need to be remade, creating legal uncertainty and administrative burden. This ensures seamless operation of uniform laws across Australia — things like the Australian Road Rules or national heavy vehicle standards don't suddenly disappear because someone forgot to renew them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-general-regulations-2018/documents"}}