Sch 2Re-consideration of authorisations to release on licence under section 24 of repealed Act or section 59 of this Act

Schedule 2—Re-consideration of authorisations to release on licence under section 24 of repealed Act or section 59 of this Act 1—Re-consideration of authorisations to release on licence under section 24 of repealed Act or section 59 of this Act (1) This clause applies to a person subject to an order for detention under section 23 of the repealed Act or section 57 of this Act who, before the commencement of this clause, has been authorised by the Supreme Court under section 24 of the repealed Act or section 59 of this Act (as the case may be) to be released on licence. (2) After the commencement of this clause, the Supreme Court may, on application by the DPP— (a) cancel the release on licence of a person to whom this clause applies; or (b) confirm the release on licence of a person to whom this clause applies. (3) For the purposes of proceedings under this clause, the DPP may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for the apprehension and detention of the person pending determination of the proceedings. (4) A magistrate must, on application under subclause (3), issue a warrant for the apprehension and detention of a person unless it is apparent, on the face of the application, that no reasonable grounds exist for the issue of the warrant. (5) The release on licence of a person to whom this clause applies must not be confirmed unless the person satisfies the Supreme Court that— (b) the person no longer presents an appreciable risk to the safety of the community (whether as individuals or in general) due to the person's advanced age or permanent infirmity. (6) The Supreme Court must, before determining an application under this clause, direct that at least 2 legally qualified medical practitioners (to be nominated by a prescribed authority for the purpose) inquire into the mental condition of the person and report to the Court on whether the person is incapable of controlling, or unwilling to control, the person's sexual instincts. (7) The paramount consideration of the Supreme Court when determining an application under this clause must be to protect the safety of the community (whether as individuals or in general). (8) The Supreme Court must also take the following matters into consideration when determining an application under this clause: (a) the reports of the medical practitioners (as directed and nominated under subclause (6)) provided to the Court; (c) a report provided to the Court by the appropriate board in accordance with the direction of the Court for the purposes of assisting the Court to determine the application, including— (i) any opinion of the appropriate board on the effect that the release on licence of the person has had, or would have, on the safety of the community; and (ii) — (A) if the person has been released on licence—a report as to the current circumstances of the person; or (B) if the person has not yet been released on licence—a report as to the probable circumstances of the person if the person is so released; and (iii) the recommendation of the appropriate board about whether the person is suitable for release on licence; (e) any other report required by the Court under section 61 of this Act; (9) The Supreme Court, when determining an application under this clause, must not have regard to the length of time that the person has spent in custody or may spend in custody if the person's release on licence is cancelled or not confirmed. (10) A copy of any report provided to the Supreme Court under subclause (8) must be given to each party to the proceedings or to counsel for those parties. (11) For the purposes of this clause— appropriate board, in relation to proceedings under this clause, means— (a) if the person the subject of the proceedings is being detained in a training centre, or has been released on licence from a training centre—the Training Centre Review Board; (b) in any other case—the Parole Board; repealed Act means the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988. Legislative history Notes • Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text. • 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. Principal Act and amendments New entries appear in bold. Year No Title Assent Commencement Sentencing Act 2017 18.7.2017 30.4.2018 (Gazette 6.2.2018 p610) Statutes Amendment (Youths Sentenced as Adults) Act 2017 12.12.2017 Pt 4 (s 6) & Sch 1 (cl 1)—30.4.2018 immediately after s 6 of 26/2017: s 2(2) Sentencing (Release on Licence) Amendment Act 2018 Statutes Amendment (Drug Offences) Act 2018 22.11.2018 Pt 3 (ss 26 & 27)—1.4.2019 (Gazette 7.2.2019 p415) Sentencing (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2018 6.12.2018 28.2.2019 (Gazette 28.2.2019 p703) Sentencing (Suspended and Community Based Custodial Sentences) Amendment Act 2019 Pt 2 (ss 4 to 17) & Sch 1 (cl 3)—23.5.2019 (Gazette 23.5.2019 p1351) Criminal Law Consolidation (Assaults on Prescribed Emergency Workers) Amendment Act 2019 1.8.2019 Sch 1 (cll 2 & 3)—3.10.2019 (Gazette 3.10.2019 p3398) Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 2) Act 2019 Pt 11 (s 18)—19.9.2019: s 2(1) Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019 19.12.2019 Sch 1 (cl 78)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020 p5638) Sentencing (Serious Repeat Offenders) Amendment Act 2020 1.10.2020 14.11.2020 (Gazette 12.11.2020 p5040) Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Act 2020 22.10.2020 Pt 3 (ss 7 to 10)—2.11.2020 (Gazette 29.10.2020 p4927) Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of Provocation and Related Matters) Act 2020 10.12.2020 Pt 5 (s 12) & Sch 1 (cl 3)—29.3.2021 (Gazette 27.1.2021 p163) Statutes Amendment (Intervention Orders and Penalties) Act 2021 30.9.2021 Pt 3 (s 5)—4.4.2022 (Gazette 27.1.2022 p115) Sentencing (Hate Crimes) Amendment Act 2021 Statutes Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2021 9.12.2021 Pt 5 (ss 19 to 21)—1.6.2022 (Gazette 17.2.2022 p490) Statutes Amendment (Child Sex Offences) Act 2022 14.7.2022 Pt 4 (ss 19 to 21)—1.10.2022 (Gazette 23.9.2022 p6135) Criminal Law Consolidation (Child Sexual Abuse) Amendment Act 2023 8.6.2023 Sch 1 (cl 2)—22.6.2023: s 2 Statutes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2023 21.6.2023 Pt 5 (ss 11 & 12)—1.1.2024 (Gazette 14.9.2023 p3237) Statutes Amendment (Identity Theft) Act 2024 19.9.2024 Pt 4 (s 9)—1.4.2025 (Gazette 13.2.2025 p138) Sentencing (Serious Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2024 19.9.2024 Pt 2 (ss 3 to 8)—28.4.2025 (Gazette 12.3.2025 p289) Statutes Amendment (Victims of Crime) Act 2024 5.12.2024 Pt 2 (ss 3 & 4)—1.4.2025 (Gazette 27.3.2025 p530) Criminal Law Consolidation (Stalking and Harassment) Amendment Act 2025 13.2.2025 Sch 1 (cl 4)—8.6.2025 (Gazette 15.5.2025 p1171) Statutes Amendment (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2025 13.2.2025 Pt 4 (s 5)—1.7.2025 (Gazette 12.6.2025 p1408) Animal Welfare Act 2025 27.2.2025 Sch 1 (cl 7)—uncommenced Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio and Other Justice Measures) Act 2025 Pt 9 (s 18)—12.3.2025: s 2(1) Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Act 2025 12.6.2025 Sch 2 (cll 37 & 38)—uncommenced Statutes Amendment (Recidivist Young Offenders) Act 2025 20.11.2025 Pt 3 (ss 4 to 7)—16.2.2026 (Gazette 12.2.2026 p243) Provisions amended New entries appear in bold. Provision How varied Commencement Pt 1 s 2 omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 s 4 s 4(1) amended by 17/2019 Sch 1 cl 2 s 5 s 5(1) intervention program manager substituted by 36/2018 s 4 serious child sex offender inserted by 37/2024 s 3(1) triggering child sex offence inserted by 37/2024 s 3(2) s 5(5) inserted by 37/2024 s 3(3) Pt 2 Pt 2 Div 1 s 11 s 11(1) amended by 46/2021 s 3 Pt 2 Div 2 Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 1 s 15A inserted by 59/2024 s 3 s 16 amended by 59/2024 s 4(1) s 16(1) amended by 59/2024 s 4(2), (3) s 16(1a)—(1c) inserted by 59/2024 s 4(4) s 16(3) amended by 59/2024 s 4(5) s 21 s 21(2) amended by 3/2025 s 5(1), (2) 1.7.2025 Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 2 s 26 s 26(1a) inserted by 37/2024 s 4(1) s 26(2) amended by 37/2024 s 4(2) s 26(2a) inserted by 57/2021 s 19 s 26A inserted by 8/2025 Sch 1 cl 7 Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 3 deleted by 11/2019 s 4 Pt 2 Div 2 Subdiv 4 s 38 deleted by 35/2020 s 7 s 39 s 39(3a) inserted by 35/2020 s 8(1) s 39(4) amended by 35/2020 s 8(2) s 40 s 40(3) amended by 36/2018 s 5(1), (2) substituted by 35/2020 s 9(1) s 40(4a) inserted by 35/2020 s 9(2) s 40(5) amended by 35/2020 s 9(3) s 40(8) serious harm serious indictable offence serious offence of violence amended by 21/2023 s 11 1.1.2024 Pt 3 Pt 3 Div 2 s 46 s 46(1) amended by 67/2017 s 6 30.4.2018 s 48 s 48(1) deleted by 43/2020 s 12(1) s 48(2) amended by 43/2020 s 12(2) s 48(3) amended by 43/2020 s 12(3), (4) s 48(3a) inserted by 43/2020 s 12(5) s 48(5) inserted by 43/2020 s 12(6) Pt 3 Div 2A inserted by 37/2024 s 5 Pt 3 Div 4 s 52 before substitution by 33/2020 s 52(1) serious offence amended by 11/2019 s 5 s 52 substituted by 33/2020 s 4 conviction inserted by 52/2025 s 4 serious offence amended by 37/2021 s 5 4.4.2022 amended by 9/2022 s 19(1), (2) s 53 substituted by 33/2020 s 4 s 53(1) amended by 52/2025 s 5(1), (2) s 53(2) substituted by 52/2025 s 5(3) s 55 amended by 52/2025 s 6(1) 16.2.2025 s 55(1) substituted by 33/2020 s 5 amended by 52/2025 s 6(2) s 55(2) substituted by 52/2025 s 6(3) s 55(3) amended by 52/2025 s 6(4) s 55(5) inserted by 52/2025 s 6(5) s 55(4) inserted by 37/2024 s 6 Pt 3 Div 5 s 57 s 57(2a) inserted by 37/2024 s 7 s 58 s 58(1a) inserted by 2/2018 s 3(1) s 58(4a) inserted by 2/2018 s 3(2) s 58(6) inserted by 2/2018 s 3(3) s 59 s 59(1a) inserted by 2/2018 s 4(1) s 59(4a) inserted by 2/2018 s 4(2) s 59(10) amended by 2/2018 s 4(3) s 59(11) amended by 9/2025 s 18 s 59(19) deleted by 2/2018 s 4(4) s 59A inserted by 37/2024 s 8 s 61 s 61(1) amended by 2/2018 s 5 s 62 amended by 2/2018 s 6 s 63 amended by 2/2018 s 7 s 64 amended by 2/2018 s 8 s 65 s 65(1) (c) deleted by 2/2018 s 9(1) s 65(3) s 65(4) s 65(5) (a)(iii) deleted by 2/2018 s 9(2) Pt 3 Div 6 amended by 57/2021 s 20 s 68 substituted by 57/2021 s 21 Pt 3 Div 7 Pt 3 Div 7 Subdiv 1 s 70 s 70(2) amended by 11/2019 s 6 s 71 s 71(2) amended by 11/2019 s 7(1)—(3) s 71(4) substituted by 11/2019 s 7(4) s 71(5) amended by 11/2019 s 7(5) foster parent inserted by 11/2019 s 7(6) amended by 25/2025 Sch 2 cl 37(1) prescribed serious sexual offence inserted by 11/2019 s 7(7) serious and organised crime offence amended by 36/2018 s 6(1), (2) amended by 32/2018 s 26 s 71(6) s 71(6a) inserted by 9/2022 s 20 s 71(7) amended by 25/2025 Sch 2 cl 37(2) s 71(8) s 73 s 73(4) amended by 11/2019 s 8(1) (b) deleted by 11/2019 s 8(2) s 73(4a) and (4b) inserted by 11/2019 s 8(3) Pt 3 Div 7 Subdiv 2 s 79 s 79(1) amended by 36/2018 s 7 s 80 s 80(1) amended by 11/2019 s 9(1) s 80(2) inserted by 11/2019 s 9(2) s 81 s 81(3) amended by 11/2019 s 10(1), (2) s 81(5) inserted by 11/2019 s 10(3) amended by 1/2025 Sch 1 cl 4 8.6.2025 amended by 17/2023 Sch 1 cl 2 22.6.2023 s 81(6) inserted by 11/2019 s 10(3) s 82 s 82(1) amended by 11/2019 s 11(1) s 82(2) (d) deleted by 11/2019 s 11(2) s 83 s 83(3) substituted by 11/2019 s 12(1) s 83(3a) inserted by 11/2019 s 12(1) s 83(4) amended by 11/2019 s 12(2)—(4) Pt 4 s 95 s 95(2) amended by 11/2019 s 13(1) s 95(3) inserted by 11/2019 s 13(2) s 95(4) inserted by 11/2019 s 13(3) s 96 s 96(3) amended by 11/2019 s 14(1) s 96(7) deleted by 11/2019 s 14(2) s 96(9) amended by 11/2019 s 14(3) (i) deleted by 11/2019 s 14(4) amended by 17/2019 Sch 1 cl 3 foster parent inserted by 11/2019 s 14(5) amended by 25/2025 Sch 2 cl 38(1) serious and organised crime offence amended by 32/2018 s 27 inserted by 11/2019 s 14(6) s 96(10) s 96(10a) inserted by 9/2022 s 21 s 96(11) amended by 25/2025 Sch 2 cl 38(2) s 96(12) s 98 s 98(7) amended by 36/2018 s 8 s 103 s 103(2) amended by 36/2018 s 9 s 106 s 106(2) amended by 11/2019 s 15 s 109 deleted by 11/2019 s 16 s 114 s 114(5) (d) deleted by 11/2019 s 17 Pt 6 s 124 s 124(6) (c) deleted by 21/2019 s 18 s 125 s 125(1) amended by 29/2024 s 9(1) s 125(2) deleted by 29/2024 s 9(2) Sch 1 Pt 3 inserted by 2/2018 s 10 Sch 2 inserted by 2/2018 s 11 Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments Statutes Amendment (Youths Sentenced as Adults) Act 2017, Sch 1 1—Transitional provision An amendment effected by this Act applies to a youth who is being sentenced as an adult after the commencement of the amendment, whether the offence in respect of which the youth is being sentenced occurred before or after that commencement. Sentencing (Suspended and Community Based Custodial Sentences) Amendment Act 2019, Sch 1 Pt 2 3—Savings and transitional provisions (1) An amendment effected by a provision of this Act applies to the sentencing of a defendant after the commencement of the provision, regardless of whether— (a) the offence for which the defendant is being sentenced was committed before or after that commencement; or (b) the defendant is being sentenced at first instance or on an appeal against sentence. (2) An amendment effected by a provision of this Act relating to proceedings for a breach of a condition of a home detention order or intensive correction order applies to such proceedings— (a) commenced but not determined before the commencement of the provision; or (b) commenced after the commencement of the provision, regardless of whether the breach to which the proceedings relate was committed before or after that commencement. (3) An amendment effected by a provision of this Act does not apply to or in relation to a home detention condition included in a bond under section 96(7) of the Sentencing Act 2017 (as in force immediately before the commencement of section 14(2) of this Act). Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Act 2020, Pt 3 10—Transitional provision (1) The Sentencing Act 2017 as amended by this Part applies in relation to the sentencing of a person for an offence to which the person pleads guilty on or after the commencement of this Part (regardless of whether the offence was committed before or after that commencement). (2) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part affects any sentence imposed before the commencement of this Part. Sentencing (Serious Repeat Offenders) Amendment Act 2020, Sch 1—Transitional provisions etc 1—Application of amendments (1) The Sentencing Act 2017 as amended by this Act applies in relation to a sentence imposed after the commencement of this Act regardless of whether— (a) the offence for which the defendant is being sentenced was committed before or after that commencement; or (b) the defendant is being sentenced at first instance or on an appeal. (2) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act affects any sentence imposed before the commencement of this Act. Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of Provocation and Related Matters) Act 2020, Sch 1—Transitional provisions 3—Transitional provision—amendments to Sentencing Act 2017 Section 48 of the Sentencing Act 2017 (as amended by this Act) applies in relation to a non‑parole period in respect of an offence where— (a) proceedings for the offence were commenced but not determined before the commencement of this clause; and (b) proceedings for an offence commenced after the commencement of this clause (whether the offence was committed before or after that commencement). Sentencing (Hate Crimes) Amendment Act 2021, Sch 1 1—Transitional provision—Sentencing Act 2017 Section 11(1)(ca) of the Sentencing Act 2017 (as enacted by this Act) will be taken not to apply in relation to sentencing for an offence that occurred before the commencement of this clause. Statutes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2023, Pt 5 12—Transitional provision (1) The Sentencing Act 2017 as amended by this Part applies in relation to the sentencing of a person for an offence to which the person pleads guilty on or after the commencement of this Part (regardless of whether the offence was committed before or after that commencement). (2) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part affects any sentence imposed before the commencement of this Part. Statutes Amendment (Recidivist Young Offenders) Act 2025, Pt 3 7—Transitional provision (1) The Sentencing Act 2017 as amended by this Part applies in relation to the sentencing of a youth who is convicted (within the meaning of section 52 of that Act as amended by this Part) of an offence after the commencement of this Part regardless of whether the offence was committed before or after that commencement. (2) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act affects any sentence imposed before the commencement of this Part. Historical versions 30.4.2018 4.4.2022 22.6.2023 1.1.2024 8.6.2025 1.7.2025