{"id":"termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022","name":"Termination of Pregnancy Regulations 2022","slug":"termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":237891,"registerId":"sa-termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Termination of Pregnancy Regulations 2022","content":"South Australia\nTermination of Pregnancy Regulations 2022\nunder the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tPrescribed hospitals\n5\tAnnual report\n6\tProvision of information by hospitals etc to Chief Executive\n7\tTransitional provision\nSchedule 1—Prescribed hospitals\nSchedule 2—Obligation to report information on pregnancy terminations to Chief Executive\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Termination of Pregnancy Regulations 2022.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021 comes into operation.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021.\n4—Prescribed hospitals\nThe hospitals listed in Schedule 1 are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of prescribed hospital in section 3 of the Act.\n5—Annual report\nFor the purposes of section 20(2)(b) of the Act, the following information (including data and statistics) relating to terminations performed in the calendar year is prescribed:\n\t(a)\tthe number of terminations;\n\t(b)\tthe number of terminations that result in complications or adverse outcomes for the pregnant person;\n\t(c)\tthe different methods of terminations used and the number of terminations performed using each method;\n\t(d)\tfor a termination performed on a person who is more than 22 weeks and 6 days pregnant—the circumstances under section 6(1) of the Act relating to the performance of the termination;\n\t(e)\tthe locations in the State of terminations performed and the regions of the State in which the persons on whom those terminations were performed ordinarily reside.\n6—Provision of information by hospitals etc to Chief Executive\n\t(1)\tIf a pregnancy is terminated at a hospital or private day procedure centre during a month, the chief executive officer of that hospital or private day procedure centre (as the case requires) must, within 20 days of the end of the month, provide the information specified in Schedule 2 to the Chief Executive.\n\t(2)\tA registered health practitioner who performs a pregnancy termination during a month (other than a termination referred to in subregulation (1)) must, within 20 days of the end of the month, provide the information specified in Schedule 2 to the Chief Executive.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of section 19(2)(e) of the Act, information provided to the Chief Executive under this regulation may be disclosed in statistical form, provided that such disclosure does not reveal the identity of any person who has had a termination or any registered health practitioner who has performed a termination.\n\t(4)\tIn this regulation—\nChief Executive has the same meaning as in section 19 of the Act.\n7—Transitional provision\nPursuant to section 21(3)(d) of the Act, information obtained under regulations made under section 82A(4)(b) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (as in force immediately before the repeal of that section by Schedule 1 clause 3 of the Act) will be taken to be information provided under regulation 6 (and, to avoid doubt, section 19 of the Act applies to that information).\nSchedule 1—Prescribed hospitals\n\t•\tFlinders Medical Centre\n\t•\tLyell McEwin Hospital\n\t•\tWomen’s and Children’s Hospital\n\t•\tThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital\n\t•\tRoyal Adelaide Hospital\n\t•\tPregnancy Advisory Centre\n\t•\tAshford Hospital\n\t•\tBurnside War Memorial Hospital\n\t•\tCalvary North Adelaide Hospital\n\t•\tNorth Eastern Community Hospital\n\t•\tCeduna District Health Services\n\t•\tClare Hospital\n\t•\tCrystal Brook and District Hospital\n\t•\tGawler Health Service\n\t•\tJamestown Hospital and Health Service\n\t•\tKangaroo Island Health Service\n\t•\tKapunda Hospital\n\t•\tLoxton Hospital Complex\n\t•\tMount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital\n\t•\tMount Gambier and Districts Health Service\n\t•\tMurray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital\n\t•\tNaracoorte Health Service\n\t•\tPort Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Service\n\t•\tPort Lincoln Health and Hospital Service\n\t•\tPort Pirie Regional Health Service\n\t•\tRiverland General Hospital\n\t•\tSouthern Fleurieu Health Service\n\t•\tWaikerie Health Services\n\t•\tWallaroo Hospital and Health Services\n\t•\tWhyalla Hospital and Health Service\nSchedule 2—Obligation to report information on pregnancy terminations to Chief Executive\n1\tName and address of hospital, private day procedure centre or other place:\n2\tPatient details:\n\t(i)\tname, date of birth and address;\n\t(ii)\tdate of termination;\n\t(iii)\thospital or clinic patient medical record number;\n\t(iv)\tif admitted to a hospital or private day procedure centre for the termination—date of admission and date of discharge;\n\t(v)\tin relation to the registered health professional who performed the termination—their profession and if relevant, their field of specialty practice;\n\t(vi)\tmethod of termination;\n\t(vii)\tif the termination was performed exclusively by administering or prescribing a drug (and without the use of surgery)—whether the termination was successful (if known);\n\t(viii)\tcomplications (if known) associated with the termination;\n\t(ix)\tif admitted for treatment in connection with the termination following the termination—details of treatment and clinical outcomes associated with that treatment;\n\t(x)\tgestation of foetus at time of termination (weeks and (if known) plus days);\n\t(xi)\twhether a genetic or congenital anomaly test was performed and the outcomes of any test;\n\t(xii)\tif consultation of a second medical practitioner in respect of a termination performed on a person who is more than 22 weeks and 6 days pregnant did not occur in the circumstances set out in section 6(3) of the Act—that fact;\n\t(xiii)\twhether information about counselling was provided to the patient.\n3\tAny other information determined by the Minister.\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\n2022\n47\nGazette 23.6.2022 p1929 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Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed. The content provided contains no legislative text — only a website error message. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source is a website error page, not actual legislation","No provisions, definitions, schedules, or operative clauses are present to analyse","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the text of the instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"The link provided returns a 404 error from the South Australian legislation site, so the Termination of Pregnancy Regulations 2022 could not be retrieved or analysed. This likely reflects a changed or broken URL following a site update around 24 March 2026.\n\nIf you need the regulations, search or download them directly from https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au and update any bookmarks; no substantive legal analysis can be done from the missing page."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: operationalising the reporting and monitoring framework established by the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021. They do not expand beyond the Act's intent to regulate safe provision of abortion services, data collection, and transparency requirements."},"complexity_factors":["Only 1 defined term in the interpretation section ('Act')","Straightforward operational provisions without nested conditions","Simple cross-references to the parent Act (Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021)","Single transitional provision dealing with legacy data from repealed Criminal Law Consolidation Act provisions","Two schedules containing lists (hospitals and data fields) rather than substantive legal rules","No exceptions to exceptions or complex conditional logic","Short length (7 regulations plus 2 schedules)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set up the practical rules for how abortion services are reported and monitored in South Australia, under the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021.\n\n**Key things it covers:**\n\n*   **Which hospitals can perform abortions:** It lists 30 specific hospitals and health services across South Australia that are officially approved (\"prescribed\") to provide termination services — from major city hospitals like the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Women's and Children's Hospital, to regional services in places like Ceduna, Mount Gambier, and Kangaroo Island.\n\n*   **What information must be collected:** Every time a pregnancy is terminated, detailed information must be reported to the Chief Executive of the Department for Health and Wellbeing within 20 days. This includes:\n    *   Patient details (name, date of birth, address)\n    *   When and where the termination happened\n    *   How far along the pregnancy was\n    *   What method was used (surgical or medication)\n    *   Whether there were any complications\n    *   Whether counselling was offered\n    *   For late-term terminations (after 22 weeks and 6 days), whether proper medical consultations occurred\n\n*   **Annual public reporting:** The government must publish yearly statistics including total numbers of terminations, methods used, complication rates, and where services were provided — but **without identifying any individual patient or doctor**.\n\n*   **Privacy protections:** While detailed personal information is collected for monitoring purposes, it can only be published in statistical form that doesn't reveal anyone's identity.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   People seeking pregnancy terminations in South Australia\n*   Doctors and other health practitioners who perform terminations\n*   Hospital and clinic administrators who must submit monthly reports\n*   The general public, who receive annual statistical reports on abortion services\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThese regulations ensure abortion services are provided safely, transparently, and accountably — while protecting patient privacy. They replace older reporting requirements from the criminal law era with a modern health-focused approach, and ensure regional South Australians have access to services by explicitly including country hospitals in the approved list."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations operationalise the Termination of Pregnancy Act by prescribing which hospitals are in scope (reg 4; Schedule 1), setting monthly and annual reporting obligations and specifying the data items to be provided (reg 5; reg 6; Schedule 2), and by treating legacy data as continuing under the new reporting regime (reg 7). They set administrative and reporting detail but do not purport to expand the Act's substantive reach."},"complexity_factors":["Monthly reporting deadlines require regular data collection and transmission by hospital CEOs and individual practitioners (reg 6(1)–(2); Schedule 2).","Reporting requires detailed patient‑level information, including identifiers, gestation, methods, complications and genetic test results, increasing data‑handling and privacy obligations (Schedule 2).","Overlap of reporting duties (hospital/centre CEO and individual registered practitioners) creates potential duplication and coordination complexity (reg 6(1)–(2)).","Statistical disclosure permitted only if identities are not revealed requires careful de‑identification and legal compliance with confidentiality rules (reg 6(3) referencing s.19 of the Act).","Ministerial power to require 'any other information' allows open‑ended extension of reporting items (Schedule 2 item 3).","The regulations concretely prescribe which hospitals are covered (reg 4; Schedule 1), creating a defined operational scope that must be maintained.","A transitional provision treats previously collected criminal‑law era data as provided under the new regime, adding legacy‑data mapping and governance considerations (reg 7)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations name the hospitals covered and set out monthly and annual reporting duties about pregnancy terminations to the Chief Executive, specifying the data to be collected. Hospitals, private day‑procedure centres and individual practitioners must supply detailed information (including patient identifiers and clinical outcomes) within 20 days of each month, and aggregate data is prescribed for an annual report."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022","history":"/api/acts/termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/termination-of-pregnancy-regulations-2022/documents"}}