{"id":"summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011","name":"Summary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2011","slug":"summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":237479,"registerId":"sa-summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Summary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2011","content":"South Australia\nSummary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2011\nunder the Criminal Procedure Act 1921\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tForeign restraining orders\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Summary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2011.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the Summary Procedure Act 1921.\n4—Foreign restraining orders\nFor the purposes of the definition of foreign restraining order in section 4(1) of the Act, the following laws are declared to be laws corresponding to Part 4 Division 7 of the Act:\n\t(a)\tChild Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004 of New South Wales;\n\t(b)\tPart 5 of the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act of the Northern Territory;\n\t(c)\tPart 4A of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 of Victoria;\n\t(ca)\tChild Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 of Queensland;\n\t(cb)\tCommunity Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2005 of Tasmania;\n\t(cc)\tCrimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005 of the Australian Capital Territory;\n\t(d)\tPart 5 of the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 of Western Australia.\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.\nLegislation revoked by principal regulations\nThe Summary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2011 revoked the following:\nSummary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2006\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2011\n224\nGazette 20.10.2011 p4276\n9.12.2011: r 2\n2017\n354\nGazette 19.12.2017 p5262\n19.12.2017: 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\n19.12.2017\nr 4\nvaried by 354/2017 r 4\n19.12.2017\nSch 1\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n19.12.2017\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: declaring which interstate laws correspond to South Australia's restraining order regime. The 2017 amendment expanded the list to include additional jurisdictions (Queensland, Tasmania, ACT) but this was always the intended function of the instrument — to keep the recognition list current as other states enacted equivalent legislation. No mission creep or expansion beyond the original declaratory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 4 substantive provisions (short title, interpretation, foreign orders, legislative history)","Single operative provision (regulation 4) containing a simple declaratory list","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other complex provisions","Straightforward declaratory language ('the following laws are declared to be laws corresponding to...')","List structure is flat (no nested subsections)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations are a short technical instrument that helps South Australian courts recognise and enforce restraining orders (and similar protective orders) made in other Australian states and territories.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Victims of violence or abuse** who have restraining orders from interstate and need them recognised in South Australia\n- **People subject to restraining orders** who move to or visit South Australia\n- **Police and courts** who need to know which interstate laws \"count\" as equivalent to South Australia's restraining order system\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nWithout this list, a protective order made in (for example) New South Wales or Victoria might not be automatically enforceable in South Australia. This regulation creates a \"recognition list\" — it declares that specific interstate laws about child protection and sex offender restrictions are equivalent to South Australia's Part 4 Division 7 restraining orders.\n\n**The practical effect:**\n\nIf someone has an order under any of the listed laws — such as the *Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004* (NSW) or the *Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004* (Victoria) — South Australian authorities will treat it as a \"foreign restraining order\" and can enforce it locally. This helps protect vulnerable people across state borders.\n\n**Key point:** This is purely a \"machinery\" regulation. It doesn't create new offences or change who can get a restraining order. It simply updates the list of recognised interstate laws (most recently in 2017 to add Queensland, Tasmania and ACT laws)."},"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":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative content was not retrievable. The provided text is a website error page, not the legislation itself. No comparison between original intent and current form is possible."},"complexity_factors":["No actual legislative content was retrieved — only a website error page was provided","No provisions, schedules, definitions, or operative clauses are available to assess","Complexity cannot be meaningfully rated without the substantive text of the regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"The Summary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2011 (SA) could not be retrieved (404 error), so their specific text wasn’t available for review. Generally, such regulations govern the procedural steps—forms, fees and court processes—for seeking and enforcing restraining orders. They affect applicants, respondents and courts, and matter because they determine how protection orders are applied for and implemented."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations’ operative scope is the list in r 4 that declares which interstate/territory laws correspond to Part 4 Division 7 of the Summary Procedure Act. That list was varied by regulation 354/2017 (see Legislative history: Provisions varied r 4, 19.12.2017), and the 2011 regulations revoked the 2006 regulations (Legislation revoked by principal regulations). The 2017 variation therefore changed which external laws South Australia treats as ‘foreign restraining orders’. Additionally r 2 and Sch 1 were omitted on 19.12.2017."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short operative provision (r 4) that performs a declarative function — low structural complexity.","Depends on cross-reference to the Summary Procedure Act 1921 definition of “foreign restraining order” (Interpretation: Act defined in r 3).","Cross‑jurisdictional mapping — lists seven external Acts across states and territories with differing part/section names, requiring matching of concepts between statutes.","Amendment history alters scope: r 4 was varied by regulation 354/2017 (see Legislative history: Provisions varied r 4), so which laws are listed has changed over time.","Administrative effect concentrated on courts/registrars and individuals subject to orders rather than creating new regulatory machinery or fees."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations specify which interstate and territory statutes count as “foreign restraining orders” for the Summary Procedure Act 1921 by naming particular child-protection, offender-reporting and sex-offender laws in NSW, NT, VIC, QLD, TAS, ACT and WA. That determines when South Australian courts and officials must recognise or treat orders made under those listed laws as corresponding to South Australia’s own restraining-order regime, affecting people subject to such orders and the courts that apply them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011","history":"/api/acts/summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/summary-procedure-restraining-orders-regulations-2011/documents"}}