Logical flaws, contradictions, and impossible compliance requirements found by AI analysis across Australian legislation.
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The no-fee response branch directs the record keeper to give access under a provision that applies only to consent-based disclosure to another entity.
Source evidence
either—
(i) give access to the record in accordance with section 13A;
This section applies if—
(a) a consumer has a right of access to a health record; and
the consumer consents under schedule 1, principle 10,
clause 2 (c) to the disclosure of personal health information
about the consumer from the record to an entity.
A nomination is said to lapse upon a notice under section 16B, but section 16B creates no notice.
Source evidence
the record keeper gives the consumer a notice under section 16B
about the health record;
The record keeper must give the health record, or a copy of it, to the
nominated health service provider within 2 weeks after the day the
record keeper receives the nomination.
Section 35's exhaustive application rule appears to exclude the latent-property-damage and related economic-loss path created by s 40.
Source evidence
This division applies in relation to a cause of action referred to in
section 16, 16A, 36 (1) or 38—
Subject to subsection (2), if a person has a cause of action for latent
damage to property or for economic loss in relation to such damage
to property the court may—
extend the limitation period in relation to which an action on that
cause of action may be brought for the further period not exceeding
15 years beginning on the day when the act or omission that gave rise
to the cause of action occurred that the court considers appropriate.
The supplied review provisions cannot classify the imposition of a condition on an initial approval as reviewable because section 62 requires a commission decision, while sections 61K and 61N assign the approval and condition to the relevant controlling body.
Source evidence
reviewable decision means a decision of the commission mentioned in schedule 3, column 3 under a provision of this Act mentioned in column 2 in relation to the decision.
An approval issued under section 61K, or a renewal issued under
section 61Q—
(a) is subject to the conditions prescribed by regulation; and
(b) may be subject to any other condition imposed by the relevant
controlling body.
For an exclusive or sole agency agreement, section 4.1(5) requires its prescribed statement to follow immediately after the Schedule 3 section 3.9 remuneration term. Section 4.2(2) requires a distinct warning statement to follow immediately after that same term. Both distinct statements cannot occupy the position immediately following the remuneration term.
Source evidence
The statement under subsection (1) or (2) must follow immediately after the term required by schedule 3, section 3.9 (Remuneration) and be no less prominent than that term.
The warning statement under subsection (1) must follow immediately after the term required by schedule 3, section 3.9 (Remuneration) and be no less prominent than that term.
Section 52 regulates a “notifiable action under section 43”, but section 48 limits notifiable actions to Schedule 2, which contains no section 43 action. Section 52(3) therefore depends on a section 50 effective date unavailable for a section 43 surrender.
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notifiable action means an action mentioned in schedule 2, column 3 under a provision of this Act mentioned in column 2 in relation to the action.
1 16 acquisition of authorisation
2 24 disposal of authorisation
3 26 acquisition of casino gaming machine
4 28 acquisition of casino FATG terminal
5 41 surrender of casino licence
(3) On the date the notifiable action takes effect under section 50 (Notifiable actions—date of effect), the casino licensee must—
Rule 15 defines “tutor” by reference to Rule 112.1, but Rule 112.1 neither mentions nor defines a tutor. Rules 112.2 and 112.3 then confer functions and impose a duty on a “tutor”, leaving the regulated actor unidentified by the stipulated definition.
Source evidence
“tutor” has the meaning in Rule 112.1.
112.1 A reader must, unless exempted by the Bar Council, complete the reading program within the reading period.
112.3 Each tutor and reader must, in relation to the Reader’s reading program, comply with any direction or decision made by the Bar Council.
Section 34’s direction limb combines a section 33 direction with a destination that section 33 does not authorise, and its operative protection does not cover compliance with a direction.
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the request is made to the chief officer of an issuing agency in the ACT; and
This section applies if the chief officer of an issuing agency produces evidence of an assumed identity because of a request mentioned in section 32.
(2) The chief officer of the issuing agency must cancel the evidence if given a written direction to do so by the chief officer of a law enforcement
This section applies if the chief officer of a law enforcement agency makes a request under section 31 of, or gives a direction under section 33 to, the chief officer of an issuing agency of a participating jurisdiction.
The operative definition relies on the undefined expression “first provider”.
Source evidence
If a health service provider (the provider) moves from 1 health service
practice (the first practice) to another health service practice and a
consumer continues to see the provider, the consumer may ask the
first practice to give the provider a copy or written summary of the
consumer’s healthrecord
health record means a health record held by, or on behalf of, the first
provider.
For an exclusive or sole agency agreement, section 6.1(5) requires its prescribed statement to follow immediately after the Schedule 3 section 3.9 remuneration term. Section 6.2(2) requires a distinct warning statement to follow immediately after that same term. Both distinct statements cannot occupy the position immediately following the remuneration term.
Source evidence
The statement under subsection (1) or (2) must follow immediately after the term required by schedule 3, section 3.9 (Remuneration) and be no less prominent than that term.
The warning statement under subsection (1) must follow immediately after the term required by schedule 3, section 3.9 (Remuneration) and be no less prominent than that term.
For an exclusive or sole agency agreement, section 7.2(5) requires its prescribed statement to follow immediately after the Schedule 3 section 3.9 remuneration term. Section 7.3(2) requires a distinct warning statement to follow immediately after that same term. Both distinct statements cannot occupy the position immediately following the remuneration term.
Source evidence
The statement under subsection (1) or (2) must follow immediately after the term required by schedule 3, section 3.9 (Remuneration) and be no less prominent than that term.
The warning statement under subsection (1) must follow immediately after the term required by schedule 3, section 3.9 (Remuneration) and be no less prominent than that term.
Rule 87A includes former judicial registrars in its opening prohibition, but every timing branch applies only by reference to how long the barrister was a “member of the court”. No timing branch expressly covers service solely as a judicial registrar.
Source evidence
if the brief is to appear before a court of which the barrister was formerly a member or judicial registrar (other than in an acting capacity)
within 2 years after the barrister ceased to be a member of the court in question, if the barrister was a member of the court for less than 2 years;
within 5 years after the barrister ceased to be a member of the court in question, if the barrister was a member of the court for 5 years or more.