Public Engagement
The Attorney-General's Department and the Justice Portfolio regularly seeks public comment on proposed legislative changes.
- Draft Legal Profession Bill 2006 (SA) - Release for Public Consultation
- Past Discussion Papers
- Information Pamphlets
Draft Legal Profession Bill 2006 (SA) - Release for Public Consultation
Comments are invited on the draft Legal Profession Bill 2006 (SA) preparatory to its planned introduction into Parliament in early 2007.
The draft Bill is based on the National Model Laws adopted by the Standing Committee of Attorney-General's in July 2006 (as the national model laws are a work in progress, the latest version of the model can be found on the website of the Law Council of Australia at www.lawcouncil.asn.au, together with other helpful material, including draft model regulations).
The draft Bill adopts the core provisions of the national model, as the inter-governmental agreement requires. Where a provision is designated ‘core uniform’ in the model, it has generally been adopted word for word. Where it is designated ‘core non-uniform’ it has been adopted in substance, using the words advised by Parliamentary Counsel. Some non-core provisions have also been adopted, where they are judged useful. Drafting notes have been left in the draft Bill to indicate those model provisions upon which each provision of the draft Bill has been based.
South Australia is committed to the national model and the Government cannot accede to requests for a substantially different approach. The Government is also committed to the core-uniform clauses of the model more or less as they stand. Comment should therefore not take the form of alternative regulatory proposals or suggestions for substantial redrafting, but comment of any other kind will be valued.
Comments should be in writing and should be provided by 15 January 2007. The address for correspondence is:
Draft Legal Profession Bill 2006 (SA)
Policy and Legislation Section
Attorney-General's Department
GPO Box 464
ADELAIDE SA 5000
Past Discussion Papers
Review - Rape and Sexual Assault Law
The public consultation process for the Child Sex Offenders Registration Bill is now closed.
Proposal for Uniform Defamation Laws
SCAG Working Group of State and Territory Officers
Cross-Border Investigative Powers For Law Enforcement
Comment on Discussion Paper is now closed.
Discrimination Against Same Sex Couples
Comment on Discussion Paper is now closed.
Liquor Licensing National Competition Policy Review
Comment on Discussion Paper is now closed.
Criminal Law Consolidation (Protection of Infants) Amendment Bill 2003
Comment on Discussion Paper is now closed.
Anti-Fortification
Comment on Discussion Paper is now closed.
Proposal for a new law against religious discrimination and vilification
Date for submissions has closed
Knives in or near Licensed Premises at Night
Date for submissions has closed
Possible Legislation of Body Corporate Managers - discussion paper
Information Pamphlets
Police Information - New Weapons Laws
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