South Australian Current Acts

DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

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Legislation amended by principal Act

The Defamation Act 2005 amended the following:

Civil Liability Act 1936

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

Evidence Act 1929

Limitation of Actions Act 1936

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
2005	50	Defamation Act 2005	27.10.2005	1.1.2006: s 2
2009	79	Statutes Amendment (Victims of Crime) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 4 (ss 17 & 18)—19.9.2010 (Gazette 16.9.2010 p4868)
2012	52	Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2012	6.12.2012	Sch 3 (cl 17)—1.9.2013 (Gazette 23.5.2013 p2006)
2020	41	Defamation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020	26.11.2020	Pt 2 (ss 4 to 21) & Sch 1 (cl 4)—1.7.2021 (Gazette 20.5.2021 p1398)
2021	38	Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (CPIPC Recommendations) Amendment Act 2021	7.10.2021	Sch 1 (cll 15 & 76)—7.10.2021: s 2

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	19.9.2010
Pt 1
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	19.9.2010
s 4
applicable period	inserted by 41/2020 s 4(1)	1.7.2021
associated entity	inserted by 41/2020 s 4(1)	1.7.2021
Australian tribunal	amended by 52/2012 Sch 3 cl 17	1.9.2013
	amended by 38/2021 Sch 1 cl 15	7.10.2021
concerns notice	inserted by 41/2020 s 4(2)	1.7.2021
excluded corporation	inserted by 41/2020 s 4(3)	1.7.2021
further particulars notice	inserted by 41/2020 s 4(3)	1.7.2021
Pt 2
Pt 2 Div 2
s 9
s 9(2)	amended by 41/2020 s 5(1)	1.7.2021
s 9(4)	deleted by 41/2020 s 5(2)	1.7.2021
s 9(6)
employee	inserted by 41/2020 s 5(3)	1.7.2021
s 10
s 10(1)	s 10 redesignated as s 10(1) by 41/2020 s 6	1.7.2021
s 10(2)	inserted by 41/2020 s 6	1.7.2021
s 10A	inserted by 41/2020 s 7	1.7.2021
Pt 3
Pt 3 Div 1
heading	amended by 41/2020 s 8	1.7.2021
ss 12A and 12B	inserted by 41/2020 s 9	1.7.2021
s 14
s 14(1)	amended by 41/2020 s 10(1)	1.7.2021
s 14(2) and (3)	substituted by 41/2020 s 10(2)	1.7.2021
s 14(4) and (5)	deleted by 41/2020 s 10(2)	1.7.2021
s 15
s 15(1)	amended by 41/2020 s 11(1), (2)	1.7.2021
	(g) deleted by 41/2020 s 11(3)	1.7.2021
s 15(1a)	inserted by 41/2020 s 11(4)	1.7.2021
s 15(2)	amended by 41/2020 s 11(5)	1.7.2021
s 18
s 18(1)	amended by 41/2020 s 12(1), (2)	1.7.2021
Pt 4
Pt 4 Div 1
s 21	substituted by 41/2020 s 13	1.7.2021
Pt 4 Div 2
s 24	substituted by 41/2020 s 14	1.7.2021
s 25
s 25(2)	amended by 79/2009 s 17	19.9.2010
s 27A	inserted by 41/2020 s 15	1.7.2021
s 28
s 28(3)	substituted by 41/2020 s 16	1.7.2021
s 28(3a) and (3b)	inserted by 41/2020 s 16	1.7.2021
s 28A	inserted by 41/2020 s 17	1.7.2021
s 29
s 29(5)	substituted by 41/2020 s 18	1.7.2021
s 31	deleted by 41/2020 s 19	1.7.2021
Pt 4 Div 3
s 33
s 33(1)	amended by 41/2020 s 20(1)	1.7.2021
s 33(2)	substituted by 41/2020 s 20(2)	1.7.2021
s 33(2a) and (2b)	inserted by 41/2020 s 20(2)	1.7.2021
Pt 4
s 41
s 41(1)	amended by 41/2020 s 21(1), (2)	1.7.2021
Sch A1	inserted by 79/2009 s 18	19.9.2010
Sch 1
Pts 1—5	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	19.9.2010

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Defamation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020, Sch 1 Pt 3

4—Transitional provisions—Defamation Act 2005

An amendment made to the Defamation Act 2005 by this Act applies only in relation to the publication of defamatory matter after the commencement of the amendment.

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (CPIPC Recommendations) Amendment Act 2021, Sch 1 Pt 21

76—Savings and transitional regulations

Regulations may be made under any Act amended by this Act (including under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 as in force after the commencement of this Act) to make provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or on the commencement of specified provisions of this Act.

Historical versions

19.9.2010
1.9.2013
1.7.2021