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Summary Offences Act 1953
Part 16AAccess to data held electronically
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Part 16A—Access to data held electronically
74BN Interpretation
74BO Interaction with other Acts or laws
74BP Extraterritorial operation
74BQ Order not required if information or assistance provided voluntarily
74BR Order to provide information or assistance to access data held on computer etc
74BS Application for order
74BT Order required in urgent circumstances
74BU Criminal Intelligence
74BV Service of order
74BW Effect and operation of order
74BX Impeding investigation by interfering with data
74BY Reporting
74BZ Review of Part
Part 17—Recording of interviews
Division 1—Interpretation
74C Interpretation
Division 2—Recording interviews with suspects
74D Obligation to record interviews with suspects
74E Admissibility of evidence of interview
Division 3—Recording interviews with certain vulnerable witnesses
74EA Application and interpretation
74EB Obligation to record interviews with certain vulnerable witnesses
74EC Admissibility of evidence of interview
Division 4—Miscellaneous
74F Prohibition on playing recordings of interviews
74G Non-derogation
74H Regulations
Part 18—Arrest
75 Power of arrest
76 Arrest by owner of property etc
77 Arrest of persons pawning or selling stolen goods
78 Person apprehended without warrant—how dealt with
78A Power of arrest in cases of certain offences committed outside the State
79 Arrest without warrant if warrant has been issued
79A Rights on arrest
79B Removal and storage of vehicle in case of arrest of driver
80 Power of entry and search in relation to fires and other emergencies
81 Power to search, examine and take particulars of persons
82 General powers, privileges, duties etc of police
82A Prohibition on use of spit hoods
Part 19—Right to an interpreter
83A Right to an interpreter
Part 20—Miscellaneous
83B Dangerous areas
83BA Overcrowding at public venues
83C Special powers of entry
83D High Risk Missing Person Warrant
85 Regulations
Schedule 1—General search warrant
Schedule 2—Exempt persons—prohibited weapons
1 Interpretation
2 Application of Schedule
Part 2—Exemptions
3 Police officers
4 Delivery to police
5 Emergencies
6 Business purposes
7 Religious purposes
8 Entertainment
9 Sport and recreation
10 Ceremonies
11 Museums and art galleries
12 Executors etc
13 Heirlooms
14 Collectors
15 Prescribed services organisations (RSL etc)
16 Possession by collector on behalf of prescribed services organisation or another collector
17 Manufacturers etc
18 Possession by manufacturer etc on behalf of prescribed services organisation or another collector
19 Prescribed weapons—security agents
20 Prescribed weapons—members of Scottish associations
21 Prescribed weapons—lodges of Freemasons etc
22 Prescribed weapons—astronomical purposes
23 Prescribed weapons—food preparation
24 Prescribed weapons—NSW fisheries officers
Legislative history
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Summary Offences Act 1953.
4—Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
the Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police or the person for the time being acting in the office of Commissioner of Police;
declared public precinct—see section 66N(1);
declared public precinct period means a period during which, in accordance with a declaration under section 66N(1), an area is a declared public precinct;
major offence means—
(a) an offence attracting a penalty or maximum penalty of life imprisonment or imprisonment for at least seven years; or
(b) an offence against section 86A(1) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935;
minor means a person under the age of 18 years;
motor vehicle has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles Act 1959;
primary production activities—the following are primary production activities:
(a) agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, viticultural, forestry or apicultural activities;
(b) poultry farming, dairy farming or any business that consists of the cultivation of soils, the gathering of crops or the rearing or processing of livestock;
(c) commercial fishing, aquaculture or the propagation or harvesting of fish or other aquatic organisms for the purposes of aquaculture;
(d) an activity prescribed by regulation;
prostitute includes any male person who prostitutes his body for fee or reward;
public place includes—
(a) a place to which free access is permitted to the public, with the express or tacit consent of the owner or occupier of that place; and
(b) a place to which the public are admitted on payment of money, the test of admittance being the payment of money only; and
(c) a road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare which the public are allowed to use, notwithstanding that that road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare is on private property;
public venue means a place where members of the public are gathered for an entertainment or an event or activity of any kind, whether admission is open, procured by the payment of money or restricted to members of a club or a class of persons with some other qualification or characteristic, but does not include a church or place of public worship;
senior police officer means a police officer of or above the rank of inspector;
serious and organised crime offence has the same meaning as in the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935;
telephone includes any telecommunication device for the transmission of speech;
to tattoo means to insert into or through the skin any colouring material designed to leave a permanent mark.
(2) In proceedings for an offence in which the court is authorised by this Act to award damages or compensation, or to order the forfeiture of property or the doing of any act, the award or order may be made in addition to the penalty (if any) imposed by the court.
5—Proof of lawful authority and other matters
Subject to any provision to the contrary, where this Act provides that an act done without lawful authority, without reasonable cause, without reasonable excuse, without lawful excuse or without consent constitutes an offence, the prosecution need not prove the absence of lawful authority, reasonable cause, reasonable excuse, lawful excuse or consent, and the onus is upon the defendant to prove any such authority, cause, excuse or consent upon which he or she relies.