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Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988
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Schedule 3—Transitional provisions
The Minister may give directions under section 24 in relation to Aboriginal sites, objects or remains within an area that was a prohibited area or historic reserve under the Aboriginal and Historic Relics Preservation Act 1965 immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, without complying with subsection (3) of that section.
Legislative history
Notes
• In this version provisions that are uncommenced appear in italics.
• Please 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.
• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
• For 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.
Legislation amended by principal Act
The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 amended the following:
Mining Act 1971
Planning Act 1982
South Australian Heritage Act 1978
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year
No
Title
Assent
Commencement
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988
17.3.1988
1.3.1989 (Gazette 9.2.1989 p354) except the provision of Sch 1 that repeals the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1979—uncommenced
Heritage Act 1993
27.5.1993
15.1.1994 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1890)
Offshore Minerals Act 2000
4.5.2000
4.5.2002 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)
Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009
10.12.2009
Pt 2 (ss 4 & 5)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)
Statutes Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2011
22.9.2011
Pt 2 (s 4)—1.1.2012 (Gazette 15.12.2011 p4988)
Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 2013
5.12.2013
Sch 1 (cl 2)—1.7.2014 (Gazette 6.2.2014 p546)
Aboriginal Heritage (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2016
24.3.2016 except Pt 2 (ss 4, 6—14)—17.10.2017 (Gazette 17.10.2017 p4336)
Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019
19.12.2019
Sch 1 (cl 1)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020 p5638)
Aboriginal Heritage (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2024
3.10.2024
1.1.2025 (Gazette 5.12.2024 p4543)
Provisions amended
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision
How varied
Commencement
Long title
amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002
Pt 1
s 3
Aboriginal Heritage Guidelines
inserted by 9/2016 s 4(1)
local heritage agreement
inserted by 9/2016 s 4(2)
mining tenement
amended by 11/2000 Sch 2
4.5.2002
amended by 42/2024 s 3(1)
owner
amended by 42/2024 s 3(2)
private land
amended by 42/2024 s 3(3)
Recognised Aboriginal Representative Body
inserted by 9/2016 s 4(3)
Pt 2
s 6
s 6(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 4
s 6(2)
deleted by 9/2016 s 5(1)
s 6(4)
deleted by 9/2016 s 5(2)
s 7
s 7(2)
amended by 9/2016 s 6
s 7(6)
inserted by 84/2009 s 4
s 8
s 8(1)
s 10
s 10(4)
amended by 42/2024 s 5
s 13
s 13(3)
amended by 9/2016 s 7
amended by 42/2024 s 6
s 14
s 14(1)
s 14 redesignated as s 14(1) by 9/2016 s 8
s 14(2)
inserted by 9/2016 s 8
amended by 42/2024 s 7(1), (2)
s 17
s 17(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 8(1)—(3)
ss 17A and 17B
inserted by 42/2024 s 9
s 18
amended by 42/2024 s 10(1), (2)
(c) deleted by 42/2024 s 10(1)
s 19
s 19(2)
amended by 42/2024 s 11
s 19(7)
s 19L
s 19L(1)
s 19L redesignated as s 19L(1) by 42/2024 s 12
s 19L(2)
inserted by 42/2024 s 12
Pts 2A and 2B
inserted by 9/2016 s 9
Pt 3
Pt 3 Divs A1—A3
inserted by 9/2016 s 10
Pt 3 Div 1
amended by 42/2024 s 13
s 20
amended by 42/2024 s 14(1)
s 20(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 14(2), (3)
s 20(2)
amended by 42/2024 s 14(4)
s 20(3)
amended by 42/2024 s 14(5)
s 20(4)
amended by 42/2024 s 14(6)
s 20(5)
inserted by 42/2024 s 14(7)
s 20A
inserted by 42/2024 s 15
s 21
s 21(1)
s 21 amended and redesignated as s 21(1) by 42/2024 s 16(1)—(4)
s 21(2) to (6)
inserted by 42/2024 s 16(4)
s 22
s 22(5)
amended by 42/2024 s 17
Pt 3 Div 2
deleted by 42/2024 s 18
s 23
substituted by 42/2024 s 19
s 24
amended by 42/2024 s 20(1)
s 24(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 20(2)—(5)
s 24(1a) and (1b)
inserted by 42/2024 s 20(6)
s 24(2)
amended by 42/2024 s 20(7)
s 24(2a)
inserted by 9/2016 s 11(1)
substituted by 42/2024 s 20(8)
s 24(4)
amended by 9/2016 s 11(2)
amended by 42/2024 s 20(9)
s 24(5)
substituted by 42/2024 s 20(10)
s 24(5a)
inserted by 42/2024 s 20(10)
s 24(10)
amended by 42/2024 s 20(11)
s 25
amended by 42/2024 s 21(1)
s 25(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 21(2)—(5)
s 25(1aa) and (1ab)
inserted by 42/2024 s 21(6)
s 25(1a)
inserted by 9/2016 s 12
s 26
amended by 42/2024 s 22(1), (2)
s 28
amended by 42/2024 s 23(1), (2)
Pt 3 Div 3
s 29
s 29(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 24(1)—(3)
s 29(2a) and (2b)
inserted by 42/2024 s 22(4)
Pt 3 Div 4
s 31
s 31(2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 1
1.1.2021
s 32
s 32(3)
amended by 42/2024 s 25
Pt 3 Div 5
s 35
s 35(1)
amended by 42/2024 s 26
s 36
s 36(4)
amended by 42/2024 s 27
s 37A(5)
amended by 9/2016 s 13
Pt 3 Div 6
inserted by 56/1993 Sch 2
Pt 3A
inserted by 42/2024 s 28
Pt 4
s 37E
inserted by 9/2016 s 14
s 38
amended by 42/2024 s 29
s 40
deleted by 84/2009 s 5
s 41
s 41(2)
amended by 36/2011 s 4(1)
s 41(3)
inserted by 36/2011 s 4(2)
s 43
s 43(1)
s 43 redesignated as s 43(1) by 56/1993 Sch 2
s 43(2)
inserted by 56/1993 Sch 2
s 44
deleted by 42/2024 s 30
s 45
s 45(1)
amended by 81/2013 Sch 1 cl 2
1.7.2014
amended by 42/2024 s 31(1)
s 45(2)
substituted by 42/2024 s 31(2)
s 46
s 46(3)
inserted by 42/2024 s 32
Sch 2
omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments
Aboriginal Heritage (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2016, Sch 1—Transitional provision
1—Delegations under section 6(2) of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988
(1) Despite section 16 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915 or a provision of any other Act or law—
(a) a request of traditional owners of an Aboriginal site or object made under section 6(2) of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (as in force before the commencement of this clause) for the delegation of the Minister's powers but in relation to which a delegation has not yet been made will, by force of this subclause, be taken to be void and of no effect;
(b) any right to make a request under section 6(2) of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 that exists on the commencement of this clause is, by force of this subclause, extinguished.
(2) Without limiting subclause (1), a delegation under section 6(2) of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (whether made before or after the commencement of this clause) will, by force of this subclause, be taken to be revoked.
Historical versions
Reprint No 1—15.1.1994
Reprint No 2—4.5.2002
1.7.2014
1.1.2021