Logical flaws, contradictions, and impossible compliance requirements found by AI analysis across Australian legislation.
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The quorum rule cannot operate before the first annual general meeting.
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Until the first annual general meeting, the committee consists of all the members of the Management Corporation.
At a meeting of the committee a majority of the persons comprising the number determined under regulation 29 to constitute the committee shall constitute a quorum of the committee.
determine, in accordance with regulation 29(1), the number of members of the committee;
Section 75(1)(f) refers to “regulations made under section 74”, but section 74 authorises directions, not regulations.
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after notice of any regulations made under section 74, wilfully disregards any such regulation, or does not conform thereto;
The Commissioner may, as occasion arises, give directions either in writing, orally, or by any agency which he thinks fit:
The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.
The initial-report deadline can expire before the interest holder detects the reportable incident.
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if the incident was not detected by the interest holder at the time it first occurred – the time the interest holder became aware of the reportable incident;
must be given to the Minister as soon as practicable but not later than 3 days after the reportable incident first occurs;
An offence against subregulation (8) is an offence of strict liability.
Regulation 5(2) makes lawful changes to an approved computer system depend on approval under provisions that concern control systems instead.
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An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a
change to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the
change is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10
or 11.
The Director must consider a submission received under
regulation 8 or 9 and approve or refuse to approve the internet
gaming licensee's proposed control system or the proposed change
to the licensee's approved control system.
The Director may, by written notice to an internet gaming licensee,
direct the licensee to change the licensee's approved control
system within the time, and in the way, specified in the notice.
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 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.
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.
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)
A valid late request for a staged-development meeting can make the 28-day notice requirement impossible to satisfy.
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Within 3 months after the registration of a survey plan relating to a second or subsequent stage of the development, the Developer shall request the committee to convene a general meeting of the Management Corporation to be held within that 3 months period and the Committee shall comply with the to:
Subject to subregulation (2), the time to be fixed for the holding of a general meeting, other than the first annual general meeting, shall be a time that will permit not less than 28 days' notice of the time fixed for the meeting to be given.
Where a staged-development meeting will consider a matter requiring a resolution without dissent, a valid late request can make the 42-day notice requirement impossible to satisfy.
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Within 3 months after the registration of a survey plan relating to a second or subsequent stage of the development, the Developer shall request the committee to convene a general meeting of the Management Corporation to be held within that 3 months period and the Committee shall comply with the to:
Where it appears to the committee that a matter to be considered at a general meeting requires a resolution without dissent, the time to be fixed for holding the general meeting shall be a time that will permit not less than 42 days' notice of the time fixed for the meeting to be given.
Regulation 68(3) permits the Corporation to resolve not to insure against a liability risk under regulation 68(2), while regulation 68(4)(b) unconditionally requires insurance for the overlapping liability concerning property damage, death or bodily injury occurring on common property.
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The Management Corporation may, by resolution without dissent, resolve that it will not insure against such of the risks referred to in subregulations (1) and (2) as are specified in the resolution and, in that event, the Corporation is not required by this regulation to insure against a risk so:
Subject to subregulation (3), the Management Corporation shall insure itself and keep itself insured against liability in respect of:
in respect of a liability of the Management Corporation for damage to property, death or bodily injury occurring on the common property;
Regulation 4 expressly authorises approval of a computer-system change, while regulation 5(2) prohibits that change unless it is approved under regulations 10 or 11.
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(b) for approval to change the licensee's approved computer
system.
(c) after considering the application and, if necessary, the
evaluation of the system or proposed change – approve or
refuse to approve the computer system or change.
An internet gaming licensee must not change, or authorise a
change to, the licensee's approved computer system unless the
change is approved by the Director in writing under regulation 10
or 11.
The applicant may amend the application by submitting amendments in writing to the Referee.
must give written notice of the amendments to every person who was notified of the original application under clause 7;
must display a copy of the notice referred to in subclause (1) prominently on the property until the closing date for written submissions,
The meeting-based amendment path requires an amended proposal to be displayed until a deadline that has already expired when the amendment occurs.
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may by ordinary resolution vote to amend the proposed variation of the disclosure statement.
The proposed variation as amended may then be approved by ordinary resolution at that meeting.
a copy of the proposed variation as amended, together with the notice of the meeting and accompanying documents, until the time for the meeting referred has expired;
The circulating-resolution-to-meeting amendment path likewise imposes a display deadline that expires when the amendment is made.
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by calling and conducting a meeting of interest holders in accordance with clauses 4, 5 and 6 for the purpose of amending and putting the proposed variation.
a copy of the proposed variation as amended, together with the notice of the meeting and accompanying documents, until the time for the meeting referred has expired;
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 attack, or alleged attack; or
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: