Bill 5: Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2025
Bill Sponsor: Schow
Bill Type: Government Bill
Amendments: No
Money Bill: No
Documents: Bill 5
First Reading
November 17, 2025 passed 271
Second Reading
November 18, 2025 passed 322-23
Committee of the Whole
November 20, 2025 passed 407-08
Third Reading
November 27, 2025 passed 589-90
Royal Assent
December 11, 2025 outside of House sitting
Comes into Force
December 11, 2025 SA 2025 c23 4/22/2026 5:18 PM
WHO GAINS POWER
- The Minister gains expanded authority to designate government employees — not just individuals — as apiculture (bee) inspectors
- Agricultural boards and commissions gain the ability to make bylaws — not just regulations — for managing plans and service charges
- Weed control inspectors gain clearer cross-municipal enforcement authority, now tied to statutory authority rather than municipal appointment
WHO LOSES POWER
- Cabinet loses a temporary regulation-making power under the Access to Information Act — the transitional clause allowing Cabinet to amend any Act or regulation by order is repealed
- Cabinet loses the same transitional power under the Protection of Privacy Act — same mechanism, same repeal
- The scope of Vital Statistics regulations is narrowed — commemorative certificates are removed from the list of items that can be regulated or issued electronically
WHO GAINS MONEY
- No direct financial gains identified
WHO LOSES MONEY
- No direct financial losses identified
THE CATCH
- This is a housekeeping Bill — most changes are technical corrections, cross-references and cleanup from recently passed Legislation
- The repeal of transitional regulation-making powers in both the Access to Information Act and Protection of Privacy Act signals those frameworks are now considered settled — Cabinet no longer needs the override power
- The Weed Control Act changes tighten consent requirements — written consent is now explicitly required before crop destruction orders exceeding 20 acres, which is a modest but real protection for landowners
- The Labour Relations Code cross-reference fix (section 34(2) → 34(1)) is a drafting correction — no substantive change in law