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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth),
Accidents at work
Commonwealth Government Employees
Who can claim?
Injury
Comcare compensation scheme
Commonwealth Administrative Appeals
Veterans
Sale of Goods Act 1895 ,
Retention of Title Arrangements
What can be included in a contract?
Action against the supplier
Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1996 ,
Disadvantages of Bankruptcy
Second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers
Minor Civil Actions
License holders and registered professionals
Second-hand Vehicle Dealers Act 1995 ,
Does a contract have to be in writing?
The Role of Government Agencies
Second hand motor vehicles
Minor Civil Actions
Starting minor civil claims proceedings
Second-hand Vehicle Dealers Regulations 2010 (SA),
Second hand motor vehicles
Security and Investigation Industry Act 1995 (SA),
License holders and registered professionals
Lawful authorisation exception
Security and Investigation Industry Regulations 2011 (SA),
License holders and registered professionals
Sentencing Act 2017 (SA),
Presumption of bail
Sentencing by the Youth Court
Magistrates Court Diversion Program
Breaching an intervention order
Offences relating to human remains
Arson and property damage
Serious firearm offences
Driving while disqualified
Indeterminate detention
What can happen?
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Serious firearms offenders
Serious repeat offenders
Sexual predators
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Mitigating circumstances
Nunga Court (Aboriginal Court Day)
Imprisonment
Home detention orders
Conditions of home detention orders
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Community service orders
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Fines
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Intervention orders
Duty to disclose charges proved
Who can apply to change or cancel an order?
Laws Affecting Prisoners
Imprisonment
Types of prisoners
Parole
Licence
Victim Impact Statements
Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Act 2008 (SA),
Firearms prohibition orders
Aggravated offences
Serious and Organised Crime
Organised crime, declared organisations and criminal associations
Criminal organisations in public places, prescribed places and prescribed events
Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Act 2009 ,
Serious and Organised Crime
Unexplained wealth orders
Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cth),
Interstate court fines
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 ,
Discrimination Law
Marital or domestic partnership status
Pregnancy
Family caring responsibilities
Breastfeeding or association with a child
Sexuality and gender
Sex discrimination and sexual harassment
Sexual harassment
Making a complaint
Victimisation
Discrimination in the workplace
Equal Opportunity
Marriage
Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Act 2020 (SA),
Waste Avoidance
Small Business Commissioner Act 2011 (SA),
Resolving disputes between businesses
Small Business Commissioner Regulations 2012 (SA),
Resolving disputes between businesses
Social Security (Administration) (Class of Persons- Intent to Claim) Determination 2018 (Cth),
When do payments commence?
Social Security (Administration) (Non-Compliance) Determination 2018 (No. 1) (Cth),
Demerit system
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth),
Centrelink
Applying for and receiving Centrelink payments
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Types of Centrelink payments
Disability Support Pension
JobSeeker Payment
Non-payment periods
Mutual obligation requirements
Demerit system
Clients' Responsibilities
External Review
Review by the Administrative Review Tribunal
Continuation of payment pending an outcome
Social Security Act 1991 (Cth),
No time requirement
Centrelink
Special provisions for people experiencing family violence
Are there waiting periods?
Can payments be received while overseas?
Are Centrelink payments affected by compensation payouts?
Disability Support Pension
JobSeeker Payment
Non-payment periods
Age Pension
Debts and Overpayments
Debt recovery
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South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (SA),
South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT)
Review of administrative decisions
South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT)
Acts conferring jurisdiction
SACAT Fees
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Community Treatment Orders
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Appeals
South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2015 (SA),
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SACAT General Practice and Procedures
South Australian Employment Tribunal Act 2014 (SA),
Disputes in the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET)
South Australian Housing Trust Act 1995 ,
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Appeals
South Australian Housing Trust Regulations 2010 (SA),
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South Australian Public Health (COVID-19 Directions) Notice 2022 (SA),
COVID-19 cases and close contacts
South Australian Public Health (COVID-19) Amendment Act 2022 (SA),
COVID-19 arrangements and directions
South Australian Public Health (Notifiable and Controlled Notifiable Conditions) Regulations 2012 (SA),
Controlled notifiable conditions
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
South Australian Public Health Act 2011 ,
What cannot be included
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Education
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Controlled notifiable conditions
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South Australian Skills Act 2008 (SA),
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Spent Convictions Act 2009 (SA),
State offences
Criminal records
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What is a spent conviction?
What type of convictions cannot be spent?
Does the Spent Convictions Act apply to convictions from other jurisdictions?
Other effects of a spent conviction
Spent Convictions Regulations 2011 (SA),
Spent convictions
What types of convictions can be spent?
Exclusions
Stamp Duties Act 1923 ,
No time requirement
Two year time requirement - property disputes
Stamp duty
State Lotteries Act 1966 ,
Gambling
Statutes Amendment (Child Sex Offences) Act 2022 (SA),
Registration of child sex offenders
Statutes Amendment (Screening) Act 2019 (SA),
Working with people with disability checks (NDIS)
Strata Titles Act 1988 ,
Minor Civil Actions
Strata Titles
The strata corporation
Common property
Powers of the strata corporation
Insurance
Officers of the strata corporation
Records
Access to information
Articles (Rules)
Management committee
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Unit holders
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Common questions and answers
Neighbours and the Law
Strata Titles Regulations 2018 (SA),
Strata Titles
Powers of the strata corporation
Insurance
Officers of the strata corporation
Records
Access to information
Articles (Rules)
General meetings
Voting
Appointing a strata manager
Duties of strata managers
Buying a strata unit
Student Assistance Act 1973 (Cth),
Centrelink
Suicide Prevention Act 2021 (SA),
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Regulations 2022 (SA),
Suicide Prevention
Summary Offences Act 1953 (SA),
Questioning, search and arrest
Giving name and address
Drivers and owners of motor vehicles
People on licensed and regulated premises
Search and seizure
Arrest
Police arrest procedure
Police security officers, security guards and others
Police powers after arrest
Police questioning and interviewing
Interviewing suspects with complex communication needs
Powers to search and examine
Bail
Applying for bail
Presumption of bail
Enforcement of bail agreement
Police powers
Being arrested
What is a Crime?
General Principles in Criminal Law
Common Offences
Humiliating or degrading filming
Stalking, cyber stalking and cyber bullying
Acting as a spiritualist medium etc with intent to defraud
Passing valueless cheques
Computer offences
Unlawful possession of personal property
Dog theft
Hindering and resisting police
Bribing a police officer
False reports to the police
Declared public precinct offences
Police powers within public precincts
Disorderly behaviour
Violent disorder
Riot
Indecency offences
Indecent filming
Loitering
Additional loitering offence for prescribed class
Liquor Licensing Act offences
Liquor Offences under Summary Offences Act
Liquor Offences under Summary Offences Act
Obstruction of public places
Throwing missiles
Playing games as to cause damage
Prostitution
Trespass
Gatecrashing - trespass at private parties
Interference with Gates
Disturbance of farm animals
Unlawfully on premises
Urinating or defecating in a public place
Weapons
Powers to search for weapons
Weapons prohibition orders
Tattooing, body modification and body piercing
Weapons
Answering police questions
Emitting excessive noise from a vehicle
Public transport passenger offences
Clamping, impounding, seizure and forfeiture of vehicles
Produce, show or sell indecent or offensive material
Distribution of invasive images (image-based abuse)
Indeterminate detention
Possession or Sale of Equipment
Police Powers
Additional Offences
Serious and Organised Crime
Consorting
Fortifications
Interviewing vulnerable witnesses
Contempt of Court and Disrespectful Conduct in Court
Bringing the defendant to court
Forfeiture orders
Confessions
Evidence through audio visual record
What types of convictions can be spent?
What is abuse?
Confidentiality
Local Nuisance and Litter Control
Trespassers
Laws Affecting Prisoners
Summary Offences Regulations 2016 (SA),
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons
Interviewing suspects with complex communication needs
Liquor Offences under Summary Offences Act
Liquor Offences under Summary Offences Act
Weapons
Weapons prohibition orders
Tattooing, body modification and body piercing
Weapons
Interviewing vulnerable witnesses
Confidentiality
Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999 (Cth),
Lost and inactive members
Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Regulations 1999 (Cth),
Lost and inactive members
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth),
The employer's duties and rights
Casual employees
Superannuation
Enforcement of superannuation guarantee contribution payment
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth),
Preservation of benefits
Death benefit distribution
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 (Cth),
Preservation of benefits
Grounds for early access to superannuation benefits
Supreme Court Act 1935 ,
Application for judicial review - State
Complaints against Judges and other judicial officers
State Courts
Supreme Court Civil Rules 2006 ,
District Court and Supreme Court
Supreme Court Practice Directions 2006 (SA),
Commercial and Other Mediation Services
Supreme Court Probate Rules 2015 ,
Valid wills
Signing and witnessing a will
Attestation clause
Probate caveats
Surrogacy Act 2019 (SA),
Parenting presumptions and birth registration
Surrogacy
Surrogacy Regulations 2020 (SA),
Surrogacy
Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (Cth),
Search and seizure
Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA),
Search and seizure
Laws relating to Journalists
Recording private conversations or activities - Surveillance Devices
Private conversation and private activity
Photography and film in public places
Lawful authorisation exception
Lawful interest and public interest exceptions
Publication of information derived unlawfully from surveillance device
Surveillance in the workplace
Surveillance Devices Regulations 2017 (SA),
Lawful authorisation exception
Survey Act 1992 ,
Boundary Location
Encroaching Buildings
Survival of Causes of Action Act 1940 ,
Legal Actions
Swimming Pools (Safety) Act 1972 ,
Swimming pool fences and safety
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