Title: Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio)Bill 2026
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Last saved by: Emma Miyake
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House of Assembly—No 17
As received from the Legislative Council and read a first time, 18 August 2026

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Contents

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Part 1—Preliminary

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Preliminary—Part 1

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Part 2—Amendment of Explosives Act 2024

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Amendment of Explosives Act 2024—Part 2

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Part 3—Amendment of Public Holidays Act 2023

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
Amendment of Public Holidays Act 2023—Part 3

South Australia
Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Explosives Act 2024 and the Public Holidays Act 2023.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
Part 2—Amendment of Explosives Act 2024
3	Amendment of section 2—Commencement
Part 3—Amendment of Public Holidays Act 2023
4	Amendment of Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
26	Sundays

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Act 2026.
2—Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it is assented to by, or on behalf of, the Crown.

Part 2—Amendment of Explosives Act 2024
3—Amendment of section 2—Commencement
Section 2—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:
	(2)	Section 27(6) of the Legislation Interpretation Act 2021 does not apply to this Act.

Part 3—Amendment of Public Holidays Act 2023
4—Amendment of Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
Schedule 1, clause 26—delete the clause and substitute:
26—Sundays
Despite any provision of the Holidays Act 1910, it is declared that a Sunday occurring before the commencement of this Act will not be taken to have been a public holiday merely because it was a Sunday, except in circumstances prescribed by regulations made by the Governor for the purposes of this clause.

LC GP 178-C OPC 178