South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (HIGH RISK OFFENDERS) ACT 2015 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

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Legislation amended by principal Act

The Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015 amended the following:

Bail Act 1985

Correctional Services Act 1982

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2015	13	Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015	9.7.2015	25.1.2016 (Gazette 11.11.2015 p4886)
2015	46	Firearms Act 2015	17.12.2015	Sch 1 (cl 9)—1.7.2017 (Gazette 27.6.2017 p2619)
2017	53	Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Act 2017	28.11.2017	Pt 9 (s 17)—30.4.2018 (Gazette 6.2.2018 p612)
2017	69	Statutes Amendment (Terror Suspect Detention) Act 2017	12.12.2017	Pt 4 (ss 18 to 26)—26.2.2018 (Gazette 13.2.2018 p733)
2019	3	Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) (Psychologists) Amendment Act 2019	11.4.2019	11.4.2019
2019	45	Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019	19.12.2019	Sch 1 (cl 11)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020 p5638)
2023	4	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio and Other Justice Measures) Act 2023	23.2.2023	Pt 6 (ss 9 to 11)—22.6.2023 (Gazette 15.6.2023 p1774)
2024	3	Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) (Additional High Risk Offenders) Amendment Act 2024	29.2.2024	29.2.2024

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 by Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2017
Pt 1
s 2	omitted by Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2017
s 3	amended by 3/2024 s 2	29.2.2024
s 4
s 4(1)	s 4 redesignated as s 4(1) by 69/2017 s 18(3)	26.2.2018
Commonwealth Criminal Code	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(1)	26.2.2018
medical practitioner	inserted by 3/2019 s 3(1)	11.4.2019
prescribed authority	inserted by 3/2019 s 3(2)	11.4.2019
prescribed health professional	inserted by 3/2019 s 3(2)	11.4.2019
psychologist	inserted by 3/2019 s 3(3)	11.4.2019
qualifying psychologist	inserted by 3/2019 s 3(3)	11.4.2019
serious sexual offence	substituted by 53/2017 s 17	30.4.2018
terrorism intelligence authority	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(2)	26.2.2018
terrorism notification	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(2)	26.2.2018
terrorist act	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(2)	26.2.2018
terrorist offence	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(2)	26.2.2018
terror suspect	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(2)	26.2.2018
s 4(2)	inserted by 69/2017 s 18(3)	26.2.2018
s 5	amended by 69/2017 s 19	26.2.2018
	amended by 3/2024 s 3	29.2.2024
s 5A	inserted by 69/2017 s 20	26.2.2018
s 6
s 6(1)	s 6 amended and redesignated as s 6(1) by 69/2017 s 21(1), (2)	26.2.2018
s 6(2)	inserted by 69/2017 s 21(2)	26.2.2018
Pt 2
s 7
s 7(3)	amended by 69/2017 s 22(1)	26.2.2018
	amended by 3/2019 s 4(1)	11.4.2019
	amended by 3/2024 s 4(1)	29.2.2024
s 7(6)	amended by 69/2017 s 22(2)	26.2.2018
	amended by 3/2019 s 4(2)	11.4.2019
	amended by 3/2024 s 4(2)	29.2.2024
s 7(7)	inserted by 3/2024 s 4(3)	29.2.2024
s 8
s 8(1)	s 8 redesignated as s 8(1) by 69/2017 s 23	26.2.2018
s 8(2)	inserted by 69/2017 s 23	26.2.2018
s 10
s 10(1)	amended by 46/2015 Sch 1 cl 9	1.7.2017
	amended by 4/2023 s 9	22.6.2023
s 11
s 11(1)	amended by 4/2023 s 10	22.6.2023
Pt 3
s 17
s 17(1)	amended by 4/2023 s 11	22.6.2023
s 18
s 18(5a)	inserted by 69/2017 s 24	26.2.2018
Pt 4
s 19A	inserted by 69/2017 s 25	26.2.2018
s 21	amended by 3/2019 s 5(1), (2)	11.4.2019
s 22
s 22(1)	amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 11	1.1.2021
s 22(3)	amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 11	1.1.2021
s 22(4)	amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 11	1.1.2021
Sch 1	omitted by Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2017

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (Terror Suspect Detention) Act 2017, Pt 4

26—Transitional provision

The amendments to the Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015 effected by this Act apply in relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment on or after the commencement of this Part (regardless of when the relevant offence was committed).

Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) (Additional High Risk Offenders) Amendment Act 2024, Sch 1—Transitional provision

1—Application to offenders

The amendments to the Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015 enacted by this Act apply to an offender regardless of when they committed, or were sentenced for, the offence against section 241 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935.

Historical versions

1.7.2017
26.2.2018
30.4.2018
11.4.2019
1.1.2021
22.6.2023