{"id":"tas:sr-2025-012","name":"Container Refund Scheme Amendment Regulations 2025","slug":"container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"12 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174236,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-012-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 [Container Refund Scheme Amendment Regulations 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-012) .","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 [Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2023-093) 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 [Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2023-093) .\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 16 April 2025\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, this instrument appears to remain within the intended scope of amending the operational rules of Tasmania's Container Refund Scheme. There is no evidence of scope expansion or contraction — the amendments are administrative in nature and consistent with routine regulatory maintenance of an established scheme. However, a definitive assessment is not possible without access to the full amendment text."},"complexity_factors":["Amends existing regulations rather than creating a standalone scheme, requiring cross-referencing with the principal regulations","Operates within a broader national container deposit scheme framework, adding regulatory layers","The full amendment text is not present in the provided document, preventing assessment of any technically complex provisions","Regulatory instruments of this type typically involve defined terms, schedules, and compliance obligations that can be intricate for businesses","Low complexity score applied given the nature of container refund schemes is generally straightforward for consumers, and no complex provisions are visible"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument updates Tasmania’s Container Refund Scheme regulations — the program that pays consumers for returning eligible drink containers. It affects everyday users, retailers, collection-point and network operators, and beverage suppliers by changing how the scheme is run. The provided document contains only administrative details, so the exact substance of the regulatory changes (eligibility, refund value, operational or reporting rules) is not visible."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not a legal drafting flaw per se, the metadata is internally inconsistent in that it simultaneously claims currency 'to date' (implying continuous validity up to April 2026) while also stating the file was last modified April 2025. This is a minor administrative absurdity rather than a substantive legal defect.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37' yet the file was last modified on 16 April 2025 and the version is described as 'current from 16 April 2025 to date'. The access timestamp of 5 April 2026 precedes no further amendment information, yet the legislation purports to describe a version 'to date' — a date nearly a year after the file modification — without any evidence of intervening review or update."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Status Information — update notice","severity":"low","reasoning":"The update disclaimer is generic boilerplate, but when applied to an amending instrument (rather than a principal Act), it creates a mild logical loop: the amendment regulations could themselves be amended, and the reader is warned the version they are reading may not reflect those amendments — yet the instrument provides no mechanism for identifying such a gap.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The instrument states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation.' This is self-referentially circular: it applies this update standard to the very instrument containing the statement, meaning the instrument implicitly acknowledges it may itself be out of date at the moment of reading."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information — 'Version current from 16 April 2025 to date'","section_b":"Status Information — 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37'","confidence":0.4,"description":"The version currency claim ('current from 16 April 2025 to date') combined with an access timestamp of 5 April 2026 implicitly asserts the instrument has remained unamended for approximately one year, while simultaneously the Table of Amending Instruments hyperlink suggests the existence of further amending instruments that may not be reflected in this version — creating a potential contradiction between claimed currency and actual completeness."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself does not alter the scope of the Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023; it records an amendment that has been incorporated into the authorised version. To determine any substantive scope changes, consult the revised Principal Regulations referenced here (regs 3–4)."},"complexity_factors":["No substantive amendment text included in this instrument; changes are incorporated into the authorised 2023 Regulations rather than reproduced here (reg 4)","Simple commencement rule tied to Gazette notification, which creates a clear but singular timing trigger (reg 2)","Straightforward title and reference to the Principal Regulations (regs 1–3)","Administrative detail only: identifies administering department but gives no operational guidance","Potential for practical uncertainty because readers must consult the updated Principal Regulations to see the precise legal effects"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations amend the Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023 and take effect when their making is notified in the Gazette (regs 1–2). The instrument does not set out substantive changes in full; it records that the amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version of the 2023 regulations (reg 4). It applies to persons and businesses subject to the Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023 and is administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard amendment regulation that updates existing regulations. There is no indication the scope has expanded beyond the original Container Refund Scheme framework."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 regulation sections","No substantive legislative text provided (amendment already incorporated elsewhere)","No defined terms, conditions, or operational rules in this instrument","Purely procedural — commencement, citation, and reference to principal regulations only"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations make a technical amendment to Tasmania's Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023. The amendment has already been merged into the main (authorised) version of the 2023 regulations. This document simply serves as formal notice that the change was made and when it took effect. It does not contain the actual text of the amendment itself — that lives in the updated 2023 regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025/documents"}}