We administer a number of South Australian acts and regulations relating to:

We are committed to effective stakeholder consultation for all legislation in our jurisdiction before making any recommendations to the Treasurer.

Hard copies of legislation can be purchased online (external site) (external site) from Service SA. To automatically receive hard copy amendments to a piece of legislation, contact Government Publishing SA on 8207 0908 or email.

New legislation

Exemptions – Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012

The Executive Director, SafeWork SA as the Regulator has granted an exemption to the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 in specific circumstances, to enable the reinstallation of an existing engineered stone benchtop, panel or slab that was removed in order for repair or other work to be undertaken in the location.

The exemption is applicable to persons with management or control of undertaking work to remove and reinstall an existing engineered stone benchtop, panel or slab in order to undertake repair or other work to be undertaken in the location.

Conditions apply to the exemption, please refer to exemption notice for the conditions and circumstances as to when the exemption applies.

Work health and safety

South Australia's work health and safety laws align with those in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and the Commonwealth who have all adopted the same national model laws (external site) (external site).

Codes of Practice provide practical guidance on how to comply with your legal obligations. We have developed a glossary to help explain some of the terminology used in the legislation and Codes of Practice.

Work Health and Safety Act and Regulations

Mines and Works Inspection Act and Regulations

See our mining and quarrying page for further information

Shop trading hours

See our shop trading arrangements page for further information.

Public Holidays

Public holidays in South Australia are prescribed by the Public Holidays Act 2023 (external site) (external site).

This legislation replaces the Holidays Act 1910. From 2024, Easter Sunday is now a public holiday and there have been changes to some arrangements when certain public holidays fall on a weekend.

Enquiries relating to rates of public holiday pay and entitlements for the South Australian private sector workforce should be directed to the Fair Work Ombudsman (external site) (external site).

See our Public Holidays (external site) page for further information.

Long Service Leave

See our long service leave page for further information.

Daylight saving

South Australia observes daylight saving time.

Daylight Saving begins with clocks moving forward 1 hour at 2am on the first Sunday in October.

Daylight Saving time ends with clocks moving back 1 hour at 3am on the first Sunday in April.

Standard time is fixed throughout South Australia as 9 hours and 30 minutes in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time, which is an internationally accepted time standard.

Dangerous substances, explosives and petroleum products

Dangerous Substances Act and Regulations

See our chemicals and substances page for further information.

Explosives Act and Regulations

See our explosives page for further information.

Petroleum Products Regulation Act and Regulations

Employment agents

Clothing outworkers

Fair work and industrial relations