South Australian Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 2001 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• 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 Victims of Crime Act 2001 amended the following:

Correctional Services Act 1982

Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 1996

Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988

District Court Act 1991

Expiation of Offences Act 1996

Stamp Duties Act 1923

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2001	58	Victims of Crime Act 2001	15.11.2001	1.1.2003 (Gazette 19.12.2002 p4736)
2006	43	Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006	14.12.2006	Pt 92 (ss 218—222)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352)
2007	47	Victims of Crime (Commissioner for Victims' Rights) Amendment Act 2007	8.11.2007	Pt 2 (ss 4—8)—17.7.2008 (Gazette 17.7.2008 p3373)
2007	48	Statutes Amendment (Victims of Crime) Act 2007	8.11.2007	Pt 5 (ss 7—17)—17.7.2008 (Gazette 17.7.2008 p3372)
2009	79	Statutes Amendment (Victims of Crime) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 6 (ss 20—23)—19.9.2010 (Gazette 16.9.2010 p4868)
2013	31	Statutes Amendment (Fines Enforcement and Recovery) Act 2013	1.8.2013	Pt 11 (ss 48 & 49)—3.2.2014 (Gazette 30.1.2014 p422)
2015	16	Statutes Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses) Act 2015	6.8.2015	Pt 8 (s 33)—1.7.2016 (Gazette 23.6.2016 p2618)
2016	8	Victims of Crime (Compensation) Amendment Act 2016	17.3.2016	1.7.2015 except s 11—17.3.2016: s 2
2016	62	Statutes Amendment (Courts and Justice Measures) Act 2016	8.12.2016	Pt 9 (s 15)—8.12.2016: s 2(1)
2017	53	Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Act 2017	28.11.2017	Pt 22 (ss 33 to 35)—30.4.2018 (Gazette 6.2.2018 p612)
2017	71	Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017	12.12.2017	Sch 1 (cll 33 & 34)—30.4.2018 (Gazette 6.2.2018 p609)
2019	15	Victims of Crime (Offender Service and Joinder) Amendment Act 2019	11.7.2019	2.9.2019 (Gazette 22.8.2019 p3106)
2019	45	Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019	19.12.2019	Sch 1 (cl 87)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020 p5638)

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 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002
s 3	amended by 48/2007 s 7	17.7.2008
	amended by 8/2016 s 4	1.7.2015
s 4
s 4(1)	s 4 redesignated as s 4(1) by 8/2016 s 5(2)	1.7.2015
Commissioner	inserted by 47/2007 s 4	17.7.2008
CPI	inserted by 8/2016 s 5(1)	1.7.2015
custody	inserted by 48/2007 s 8(1)	17.7.2008
dependants	amended by 43/2006 s 218(1)	1.6.2007
domestic partner	inserted by 43/2006 s 218(2)	1.6.2007
homicide	amended by 79/2009 s 20	19.9.2010
immediate family	amended by 43/2006 s 218(3)	1.6.2007
offender	substituted by 48/2007 s 8(2)	17.7.2008
serious offence	inserted by 48/2007 s 8(3)	17.7.2008
spouse	substituted by 43/2006 s 218(4)	1.6.2007
s 4(2)	inserted by 8/2016 s 5(2)	1.7.2015
Pt 2
heading	substituted by 48/2007 s 9	17.7.2008
Pt 2 Div 1
s 5
s 5(1)	amended by 48/2007 s 10(1)	17.7.2008
s 5(2)	amended by 48/2007 s 10(2)	17.7.2008
Pt 2 Div 2
heading	amended by 48/2007 s 11	17.7.2008
s 6	amended by 16/2015 s 33	1.7.2016
s 7	substituted by 48/2007 s 12	17.7.2008
s 8
s 8(1)	amended by 48/2007 s 13(1)—(3)	17.7.2008
s 8(2)	amended by 48/2007 s 13(4)	17.7.2008
ss 9A and 9B	inserted by 48/2007 s 14	17.7.2008
s 10	amended by 53/2017 s 33	30.4.2018
s 10A	inserted by 48/2007 s 15	17.7.2008
Pt 3
heading	substituted by 47/2007 s 5	17.7.2008
Pt 3 Div 1
heading	inserted by 47/2007 s 5	17.7.2008
Pt 3 Div 2
heading	inserted by 47/2007 s 6	17.7.2008
s 16	substituted by 47/2007 s 6	17.7.2008
ss 16A—16F	inserted by 47/2007 s 6	17.7.2008
Pt 4
s 17
s 17(2)	amended by 43/2006 s 219	1.6.2007
	amended by 8/2016 s 6(1)	1.7.2015
s 17(5)	amended by 8/2016 s 6(2)	1.7.2015
s 17(6)	substituted by 8/2016 s 6(3)	1.7.2015
s 18
s 18(4)	(c) deleted by 15/2019 s 4	2.9.2019
s 18(4a)	inserted by 48/2007 s 16	17.7.2008
s 19
s 19(3)	amended by 15/2019 s 5	2.9.2019
s 20
s 20(1)	amended by 43/2006 s 220(1)	1.6.2007
	amended by 48/2007 s 17(1), (2)	17.7.2008
	amended by 8/2016 s 7(1), (2)	1.7.2015
s 20(3)	amended by 43/2006 s 220(2)	1.6.2007
	amended by 48/2007 s 17(3)	17.7.2008
	amended by 8/2016 s 7(3)—(5), (7)	1.7.2015
	(b) deleted by 8/2016 s 7(6)	1.7.2015
s 20(5)	amended by 79/2009 s 21(1)	19.9.2010
s 20(5a)	inserted by 79/2009 s 21(2)	19.9.2010
s 20(6)	amended by 79/2009 s 21(3)	19.9.2010
s 23
s 23(1)	amended by 43/2006 s 221(1)	1.6.2007
s 23(2)	amended by 43/2006 s 221(2)	1.6.2007
s 24
s 24(1)	amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 87(1)	1.1.2021
s 24(3)	amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 87(2)	1.1.2021
s 25
s 25(1)	amended by 8/2016 s 8(1), (2)	1.7.2015
s 25(2)	substituted by 8/2016 s 8(3)	1.7.2015
Pt 5
s 27
s 27(3)	amended by 8/2016 s 9	1.7.2015
s 28
s 28(5)	amended by 8/2016 s 10	1.7.2015
s 28(7)	inserted by 31/2013 s 48	3.2.2014
	amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 33(1), (2)	30.4.2018
s 28(8)	inserted by 31/2013 s 48	3.2.2014
	amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 33(3)—(5)	30.4.2018
s 28(9)	inserted by 31/2013 s 48	3.2.2014
	amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 33(6)	30.4.2018
s 28(10)	inserted by 31/2013 s 48	3.2.2014
	amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 33(7)	30.4.2018
s 29
s 29(3)	inserted by 8/2016 s 11	17.3.2016
Pt 6
s 30
s 30(4)	deleted by 47/2007 s 7	17.7.2008
s 31
s 31(a1)	inserted by 47/2007 s 8	17.7.2008
s 32
s 32(2)	amended by 8/2016 s 12(1)	1.7.2015
s 32(3a)	inserted by 8/2016 s 12(2)	1.7.2015
s 32(5)	amended by 31/2013 s 49(1)	3.2.2014
s 32(6)	substituted by 31/2013 s 49(2)	3.2.2014
s 32(7)	amended by 8/2016 s 12(3)	1.7.2015
	amended by 53/2017 s 34	30.4.2018
s 32(8)	deleted by 79/2009 s 22	19.9.2010
	inserted by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 34	30.4.2018
Pt 7
s 32A	inserted by 79/2009 s 23	19.9.2010
s 32A(1)	amended by 53/2017 s 35	30.4.2018
s 34A	inserted by 8/2016 s 13	1.7.2015
s 37
s 37(1)	s 37 redesignated as s 37(1) by 8/2016 s 14	1.7.2015
s 37(2)	inserted by 8/2016 s 14	1.7.2015
Sch a1	inserted by 8/2016 s 15	1.7.2015
Sch 1
cl 2
cl 2(4) and (5)	inserted by 62/2016 s 15	8.12.2016
cl 3	inserted by 43/2006 s 222	1.6.2007
Sch 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

Historical versions

1.6.2007
17.7.2008
19.9.2010
3.2.2014
1.7.2015 (electronic only)
17.3.2016
1.7.2016
8.12.2016
30.4.2018
2.9.2019