Logical flaws, contradictions, and impossible compliance requirements found by AI analysis across Australian legislation.
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The prescribed claim form cannot be truthfully completed by a claimant who received no compensation offer.
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For the purposes of section 35(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed form is Form 11 in Schedule 1.
If you think you had an interest in the land and you do not receive an offer from the [*name of Authority*], you can make a claim to the [*name of Authority*] for compensation.
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
*I/*We state that—
1 *I am/*we are the person(s) to whom the above offer of compensation was made.
Pre-commencement Liquor Control Reform Act photographs and fingerprints may become subject to a destruction deadline that expired before commencement.
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that are in existence immediately before the commencement day are, on that day, taken to be photographs, finger prints and palm prints taken under section 41.
(ii) no later than 6 months from the date they were taken—
the Chairperson has a period of 6 months from the commencement day to comply with section 41(5) in respect of photographs, finger prints and palm prints taken under section 10.5.2
The seven-day holding period has no commencement branch for livestock impounded and delivered by a person authorised by a relevant corporation.
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A person who is authorised by a relevant corporation under section 5(2)(e) and who under section 5 impounds livestock must deliver that livestock to the nearest convenient pound as soon as is practicable after impounding the livestock.
Subject to subsection (3), a council must hold livestock impounded under section 5 or 5B for at least 7 days before the council may dispose of the livestock in accordance with this Part.
The 7 day period referred to in subsection (1) commences on the day that—
(a) the authorised officer of a council impounds the livestock; or
(b) the council is informed of the impounding of livestock under section 9(3) by the owner or occupier of land or an authorised officer; or
(c) if the imp (
paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply in relation to civil monetary liability for death or bodily injury;
the amount obtained by deducting from $100 million the aggregate of the amounts already paid by VicGrid in discharge of VicGrid's civil monetary liabilities
the maximum amount of VicGrid's civil monetary liability to that person in respect of that event is that prescribed amount;
For systems recording amounts only in dollars, regulation 43(1)(l) requires the statement to say each session amount is calculated to the nearest dollar, while regulation 43(4) requires each session amount to be rounded down to the nearest dollar. These methods differ where cents are 50 or more.
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calculated to the nearest dollar, in each session of playing a gaming machine
with each of those amounts being rounded down to the nearest dollar
The operative cross-reference to section 16 cannot work as written.
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The Commonwealth therapeutic goods laws, as in force for the time being and as modified by or under this Part, apply as a law of Victoria.
The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of Victoria in relation to any offence committed against the applied provisions as if the applied provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of Victoria.
A provision of the applied provisions applying because of section 16 that confers on a Commonwealth officer or authority a function or power in relation to an offence against the Commonwealth therapeutic goods laws also confers on the officer or authority the same function or power in relation to an
A report may become retrospectively overdue where the licensee first becomes aware of an incident more than 7 days after it occurred and no longer period has been agreed.
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if the licensee is not initially aware of the incident, after the licensee becomes aware of the incident;
A licensee must, as soon as practicable but not later than 7 days (or a longer period as agreed by the Minister or Energy Safe Victoria) after the occurrence of a reportable environmental incident or a reportable safety incident, submit a written report to the Minister and Energy Safe Victoria
The prescribed materials give inconsistent age thresholds for statutory warranty coverage.
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Motor cars that are less than 10 years old and that have been driven less than 160 000 km are automatically covered by a statutory warranty under section 54 of the **Motor Car Traders Act 1986**
Motor cars not more than 10 years old and that have been driven less than 160 000 km are covered by a warranty under section 54 of the **Motor Car Traders Act 1986**.
The Agreement requires a share application before the Establishment Period ends even where the value determining that application is assessed only after that period.
The approval scheme is circular: a scoping application must nominate an activity already prescribed by regulation 5, but regulation 5 requires the activity to have been undertaken under an already approved application.
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(c) nominate an activity prescribed by regulation 5; and
(i) for an MV project other than an advanced MV project, the activity has been undertaken as described in an approved application for a scoping approval in respect of an MV project or an approved application for a project plan in respect of an MV project; or
(a) in respect of a project unless there is also a scoping approval for that project; or
The prescribed renewal disclosure statement applies when a tenant is merely entitled to exercise an option, but item 1.1 requires an exercise date or renewal-agreement date, neither of which necessarily exists.
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If the tenant has exercised or is entitled to exercise an option to renew a retail premises lease, the landlord is required to provide this statement to the tenant at least 21 days before the end of the current term.
1.1 Date on which the option to renew the lease agreement for the premises was exercised, or date on which all of the parties to the lease entered into an agreement to renew the lease. [*landlord to insert date*]
Regulation 7(2)(d) mandates compliance with information requirements in a provision that the supplied text expressly identifies as revoked.
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(d) if the application is in respect of an MV project other than an advanced MV project, include the information and documents specified in regulation 7A(2);
Reg. 7A inserted by S.R. No. 175/2018 reg. 8, revoked by S.R. No. 82/2025 reg. 9.