Logical flaws, contradictions, and impossible compliance requirements found by AI analysis across Australian legislation.
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88Absurdities
21Contradictions
69High Severity
1,046 of 1,262 eligible titles analysed83%
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The restriction depends on a recording being provided under regulation 17A(2)(b), but that paragraph does not provide any recording.
Source evidence
Victoria Police or the relevant court may provide to the Secretary to the Department a copy or transcript of any of the following recordings for a purpose referred to in subregulation (2)—
The Secretary to the Department may authorise a person to use a copy or transcript of a recording provided to the Secretary under subregulation (1) for the purpose of—
The Secretary to the Department must not authorise the use of a copy or transcript of a recording provided to the Secretary to the Department under subregulation (2)(b) unless—
No annual fee is specified where total sales value is more than $100,000 but less than $100,001.
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the holder of an extractive industry work authority must pay to the Department Head the relevant fee specified in Schedule 3 for each financial year in which the authority is in force.
For a first election, the nomination-day timing rule depends on a publication event that the prescribed first-election path does not produce.
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Subject to subregulation (2), the Board must cause a notice of an election to be published in the Government Gazette.
For the purposes of the first election of a person described in section 150(2)(c) or (d) of the Act, the Minister must cause a notice of an election to be published in the Government Gazette.
The nomination day must be a working day that is at least 14 days after the day on which the notice of the election is published under subregulation (1).
The form does not provide a truthful special-witness certification for the expressly permitted branch where another witness attends remotely but the special witness is physically present.
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Note: under section 5A of the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**, one or more of the witnesses may witness the signing of the instrument by audio visual link.
• I witnessed the signing of this enduring power of attorney by audio visual link in accordance with the remote witnessing procedure set out in section 5A of the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**; and
the special witness must sign this enduring power of attorney last (following the principal and other witnesses), regardless of whether the special witness is physically present; and
A natural person holding a current health care card can simultaneously satisfy both fee-payer definitions, producing inconsistent fee amounts.
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***concession fee payer*** means a person who holds a current health care card within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth at the time a fee is payable;
***standard fee payer*** means—
(a) a natural person other than a natural person acting in the capacity of a statutory office holder;
(3) For a standard fee payer, the fee for an item specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 is the corresponding fee in column 4 of that Schedule.
(4) For a concession fee payer, the fee for an item specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 is the corresponding fee in column 5 of that Schedule.
Radioactive material at or below 40 GBq satisfies both descriptions, but the rows prescribe different fees: 10/19/27 fee units and 20/38/54 fee units for 1/2/3 years respectively. The second row contains no lower bound or exception resolving the overlap.
Source evidence
(i) one year—the fee unit specified in Column 2 of Schedule 7 opposite that source; or
| Possession of radioactive material with a total activity of less than or equal to 40 GBq | 10 fee units | 19 fee units | 27 fee units |
The return deadline for hard-copy documents supplied in connection with a police detention decision or periodic review depends on determination of an application, although those document paths do not produce an application.
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in relation to regulation 12, 15 or 20, where a document has been provided in accordance with the applicable regulation.
in the case of documents received in hard copy, return that hard copy as soon as practicable after the application has been determined;
A complex-case determination may occur after the hearing-fee deadline but before the hearing, making timely payment of the resulting complex-case hearing fee impossible.
Source evidence
At any time, the principal registrar may determine that a proceeding is a complex case, having regard to the following—
a complex case that is allocated to the administrative division
Any fee payable under Part 3 of Schedule 1 must be paid by 4.30 p.m. on the day before the day of the hearing to which the fee relates.
Customers connected to AusNet Gas Services Pty Ltd outside a declared distribution system fall within both rows, which name different default RoLRs.
Source evidence
| AGL Sales Pty Ltd (ACN 090 538 337) | Natural gas and natural gas equivalents | Customers located in Victoria who are connected to the distribution system of AusNet Gas Services Pty Ltd (ACN 086 015 036) |
| EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd (ACN 086 014 968) | Natural gas and natural gas equivalents | Customers located in Victoria who are connected to the distribution system of AusNet Gas Services Pty Ltd (ACN 086 015 036) (not forming part of a declared distribution system within the meaning of the National ̀
The form lacks a truthful special-witness certification for the expressly permitted branch where another witness attends remotely but the special witness is physically present.
Source evidence
Note: under section 5A of the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**, one or more of the witnesses may witness the signing of the instrument by audio visual link.
• I witnessed the signing of this instrument of revocation by audio visual link in accordance with the remote witnessing procedure set out in section 5A of the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**; and
• the special witness must sign this instrument of revocation last (following the principal and other witnesses), regardless of whether the special witness is physically present; and
The form does not provide a truthful special-witness certification for the expressly permitted branch where the other witness attends remotely but the special witness is physically present.
Source evidence
Note: under section 5A of the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**, one or more of the witnesses may witness the signing of the instrument by audio visual link.
I witnessed the signing of this supportive attorney appointment by audio visual link in accordance with the remote witnessing procedure set out in section 5A of the **Powers of Attorney Act 2014**; and
the special witness must sign this supportive attorney appointment last (following the principal and other witness) regardless of whether the special witness is physically present; and
| Possession of radioactive material with a total activity of less than or equal to 400 GBq | 20 fee units | 38 fee units | 54 fee units |
Customers connected to Australian Gas Networks (Vic) Pty Ltd outside a declared distribution system fall within both rows, which name different default RoLRs.
Source evidence
| Origin Energy (Vic) Pty Ltd (ACN 086 013 283) | Natural gas and natural gas equivalents | Customers located in Victoria who are connected to the distribution system of Australian Gas Networks (VIC) Pty Ltd (ACN 085 899 001) (not forming part of a declared distribution system within the meaning of
| EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd (ACN 086 014 968) | Natural gas and natural gas equivalents | Customers located in Victoria who are connected to the distribution system of Australian Gas Networks (Vic) Pty Ltd (ACN 085 899 001) |