{"id":"tas:sr-2018-082","name":"Ambulance Service Amendment Regulations 2018","slug":"ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"82 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":185002,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-082-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> These regulations may be cited as the [Ambulance Service Amendment Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-082) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Regulations","content":"### 3 Principal Regulations\n\n> In these regulations, the [Ambulance Service Regulations 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2016-090) are referred to as the Principal Regulations.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this regulation has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Ambulance Service Regulations 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2016-090) .\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 26 December 2018\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Health.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard amendment regulation that makes no attempt to expand scope. It simply references amendments already made to the principal regulations. The scope remains limited to updating the 2016 Ambulance Service Regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total","No substantive provisions—just citation, commencement, definition of 'Principal Regulations', and a note that amendments were incorporated elsewhere","Zero defined terms beyond the basic citation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operational provisions","Essentially a procedural shell document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical amendment to Tasmania's Ambulance Service Regulations 2016. It updates the principal regulations, but the actual changes have already been merged into the main 2016 regulations. This document itself doesn't contain the new rules—it just serves as official notice that changes were made. Think of it like a 'patch note' that says 'we fixed something in the main rulebook' without showing you the fix itself."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content is available in the provided text to determine whether the scope of the amendments changed from the original regulatory intent. The document contains only status and administrative information, not the substantive amendment provisions."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only administrative metadata — no substantive regulatory content is visible, making meaningful complexity assessment impossible","Amending regulations are inherently dependent on the parent regulations they modify, requiring cross-referencing to understand full effect","As a subordinate instrument, it must also be read against its enabling Act, adding one layer of legal hierarchy","The narrow subject matter (ambulance services in one state) limits scope complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"The Ambulance Service Amendment Regulations 2018 (Tas.) are a subordinate instrument that amended the existing Ambulance Service Regulations and came into force on 26 December 2018. \n\nThey affect Tasmanian ambulance operators, paramedics, patients and those paying ambulance fees or levies by updating the practical rules governing ambulance service operations; without the amendment text, specific impacts (fees, standards or licensing changes) cannot be determined."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument amends the Ambulance Service Regulations 2016 by (a) fixing commencement on Gazette notification (reg 2), (b) declaring the 2016 rules as the Principal Regulations (reg 3), and (c) recording that the amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version of the 2016 regulations (reg 4). The text does not set out substantive policy changes; it changes the legal framing and commencement of whatever amendments were made to the Principal Regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 numbered items) with only procedural changes","Primary content is commencement timing and cross-reference to existing regulations (regs 2–3)","No substantive regulatory amendments or operational rules are set out in the text","Incorporation notice (reg 4) shifts reliance to the authorised version of the Principal Regulations","Legal effect depends on external documents (Ambulance Service Regulations 2016 and Gazette notice), creating minimal contextual dependency"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends the Ambulance Service Regulations 2016. It takes effect when its making is notified in the Gazette (reg 2) and formally identifies the 2016 rules as the Principal Regulations (reg 3).\n\nMechanically, the amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version of the 2016 regulations (reg 4). Entities governed by the Ambulance Service Regulations 2016—ambulance providers, other regulated persons and the Department of Health—face any new compliance requirements that arise, and the timing of those obligations is set by Gazette notification (reg 2)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ambulance-service-amendment-regulations-2018/documents"}}