Logical flaws, contradictions, and impossible compliance requirements found by AI analysis across Australian legislation.
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The notice requirement can be triggered for an unregistered dog, leaving no registered owner on whom the mandatory notice can be served.
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a dog with a collar on which the address of its owner is displayed is seized or delivered to a pound.
On being notified under clause (1), the registrar must serve on the registered owner of the dog a notice, in the approved form, of the impounding of the dog.
registered owner, in relation to a dog, means the person specified in the appropriate register as the owner of the dog.
The dangerous-dog attack notification deadline can expire before the registered owner becomes aware of the event.
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if the dog attacks, or is alleged to have attacked, a person or animal – notify the Corporation of the attack, or alleged attack, within 24 hours after the earlier of:
The notification deadline can expire before the owner becomes aware of an attack or alleged attack.
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The owner must notify the Council of any attack, or alleged attack, by the dangerous dog of a person or another animal within 24 hours of the earlier of the following:
the time of the attack or alleged attack;
the time the owner becomes aware of the attack or alleged attack.
Section 138(1A) requires information about emergency dealing determinations “made under section 72B”, but ACT section 72B contains no operative power to make a determination.
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An emergency dealing determination in force under the Commonwealth Act, section 72B applies, as far as applicable, as a law of the Territory.
72B Minister may make emergency dealing determination
in relation to each emergency dealing determination made under section 72B:
A purchaser using section 27 for a new swimming pool at small premises must later lodge a declaration that section 20 does not permit.
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A purchaser of small premises may lodge with the Authority a declaration of proposed compliance if:
lodge a declaration of compliance under section 20 within 7 days after completion of the upgrade.
The owner of small premises at which there is an existing swimming pool may lodge with the Authority a declaration of compliance if the swimming pool complies with the Community Safety Standard.
Regulation 10(h) prohibits a contract term requiring a resident to pay more than half of valuation costs, except for a clause incorporated by regulation 7 or unreasonable conduct. Regulation 8 incorporates Schedule 3, whose clause 4(a) requires the resident to pay valuation costs in the same proportion as their entitlement to capital growth. If that proportion exceeds one half, the required clause is directly prohibited by regulation 10(h).
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The clauses set out in Schedule 3 are included in a residence contract with a non-owner resident if—
a requirement, other than a requirement of a clause incorporated by regulation 7, for a resident to pay more than half the costs of any valuation of the resident's premises or residence right that is required or permitted, except where the resident has acted unreasonably;
The definition refers to a provision “to which this Division applies by operation of section 21”, but Part 4 contains no Division and section 21 states that “This Part applies”.
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declaratory provision means a provision of a law of the Northern Territory to which this Division applies by operation of section 21.
This Part applies to a provision of a law of the Northern Territory if the provision declares a matter to be an applied Corporations legislation matter for the purposes of this Part
Section 28 relies on a certificate as to title being issued under section 27, but section 27 provides only for amending and registering an existing lease.
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If land subject to an easement, mortgage or other charge is included in land for which a certificate as to title is to be issued under section 27
An amendment of an existing lease under this section is effected by lodging with the Registrar-General a memorandum
The Registrar-General must register a memorandum lodged under subsection (3)
The director-order pathway lacks the notice required to make the order when an order has already been given to the corporation.
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if a rectification order has not been given to the property developer—give each person a proposed rectification order notice in accordance with section 48 as if they were the property developer;
make a rectification order in accordance with section 49 against each person as if they were the property developer.
has given a property developer a proposed rectification order notice in relation to residential building work;
The offence depends on failure to comply with a notice under nonexistent clause (4).
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Council may serve on the owner or occupier of those premises a notice in writing requiring the owner or occupier to remove the graffiti from public view
A person who fails to comply with a notice served under clause (4) is guilty of an offence.
The publication branch depends on whether an owner can be found within the “prescribed period”, but the supplied definition of that period is expressly limited to clause (1).
the time the registered owner is made aware of the attack, or alleged attack;
The deadline for notifying the dog's death can expire before the owner becomes aware of the death.
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The owner of a dangerous dog must notify the Council if the dog dies within 14 days after its death.
A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person:
fails to comply with by-law 60 or 61.
Schedule 2 item 7 provides review for non-issue of a “provisional compliance notice”, but section 26(4) concerns a provisional compliance certificate.
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NTCAT has jurisdiction to review a decision (a reviewable decision) specified in Schedule 2.
The Authority must, in accordance with the Regulations, issue to the purchaser a provisional compliance certificate if the Authority is satisfied about all the information contained in the purchaser's application.
A decision of the Authority under section 26(4) not to issue a provisional compliance notice
For the purposes of the definition of restricted component in section 3 of the Act, the components set out in Schedule 4 are restricted components.
Identification plate referred to in regulation 20
Gaming machine label referred to in section 135 of the Act
A person must not affix a label referred to in section 135 of the Act to a gaming machine unless the person is:
the resident is liable for the costs of a valuation under clause 3 in the same proportion
Regulation 10(h) prohibits a contract term requiring a resident to pay more than half of valuation costs, subject only to its stated exceptions. Regulation 9 incorporates Schedule 4, whose clause 7(a) requires the resident to pay valuation costs in the same proportion as their entitlement to capital growth. If that proportion exceeds one half, the required clause is directly prohibited by regulation 10(h).
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The clauses set out in Schedule 4 are included in a residence contract with a non-owner resident if—
a requirement, other than a requirement of a clause incorporated by regulation 7, for a resident to pay more than half the costs of any valuation of the resident's premises or residence right that is required or permitted, except where the resident has acted unreasonably;
the resident is liable for the costs of a valuation under clause 6 in the same proportion
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operator, of a vehicle, includes the responsible person for the vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 10 and section 11.
a reference to an earlier law is, in relation to anything to which this Act applies, a reference to this Act.
The disposal period depends on publication of notices supposedly referred to in By-law 60(2)(c), but that provision contains no publication requirement.
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the date of publication of the notices referred to in By-law 60(2)(c)
furnish to the Registrar a certificate of the reason the notice was not served;
cause notice of the impounding to be published in a newspaper circulating in the municipality.
The offence refers to contravention of a direction under clause (1), although clause (1) creates no direction.
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This By-law 77 applies if there are reasonable grounds for an authorised person to believe that a person in a public place
The authorised person may direct the person to leave the vicinity of the public place.
A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a direction under clause (1) (including a condition that the person does not return to the vicinity for a stated period) is guilty of an offence.
The Schedule treats clause 52(1) as the offence of failing to comply with a direction, although that clause only creates the direction power.
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An authorised person may direct a person to remove from view of a public place any obscene or offensive book or magazine cover, handbill, poster, placard, sign, advertising or other printed material which the person owns or over which the person exercises control.
A person who does not comply with a direction under clause (1) is guilty of an offence.
52(1) Failing to comply with direction to remove obscene or offensive material from public view 3
The Schedule assigns two different fixed penalties to the same cited provision, By-law 56(2). The road-surface offence is actually in By-law 55(2), while By-law 56(2) concerns damage to property.
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the sum specified in column 3 of the Schedule is the fixed penalty payable under an infringement notice for an infringement of the By-law specified opposite in column 1