{"id":"tas:sr-2025-017","name":"Container Refund Scheme Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2025","slug":"container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"17 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174255,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-017-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 (No. 2) 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-017) .","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 amendments effected by this regulation have 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 6 May 2025\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The access timestamp of 5 April 2026 is embedded within the document text itself, meaning the document purports to have been dynamically accessed on a date approximately 11 months after its last modification. This is a metadata/publication absurdity rather than a substantive legislative flaw, but it does raise questions about document integrity and authenticity if the access date is baked into the legislative text rather than generated dynamically.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 6 May 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37)' yet the file was last modified on 6 May 2025. The access date of 5 April 2026 precedes the stated currency end date of 'to date', creating a temporal paradox where the future access timestamp is embedded in what purports to be a static legislative document."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - General","severity":"high","reasoning":"The entire text of the instrument as reproduced consists solely of metadata, status information, and navigation elements. There are no commencement clauses, no amending provisions, no schedules, and no operative text. If this represents the complete instrument, it is void of legislative effect and cannot logically constitute an amendment regulation. Any regulated party attempting to comply with or interpret this instrument would find it impossible to ascertain what conduct is required or prohibited.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The legislation claims to be an Amendment Regulation but contains no substantive amending provisions, operative clauses, schedules, or any actual regulatory content whatsoever. An amendment regulation with no amendments is a logical impossibility - it cannot perform its stated legislative function."},{"type":"other","section":"Title and Status Information","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Sequential numbering of amendment instruments implies a legislative sequence. Without any reference to the principal Container Refund Scheme Regulations or to Amendment Regulations No. 1 2025, it is impossible to determine the cumulative effect of the amendments or whether any conflict exists between No. 1 and No. 2. This is a structural flaw that undermines legal certainty.","confidence":0.58,"description":"The instrument is identified as 'Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2025', implying the prior existence of 'Amendment Regulations (No. 1) 2025'. However, no reference is made to No. 1, no cross-reference exists to the parent regulations being amended, and no amendment table is reproduced. A No. 2 instrument without identifiable relationship to No. 1 or the principal instrument creates an unanchored legislative chain."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (header)","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version (body)","confidence":0.55,"description":"The currency statement appears verbatim at least twice in the document with identical content, yet the document also states 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change.' If the document is current 'to date' (5 April 2026) but was last modified 6 May 2025, this implies no changes occurred in approximately 11 months, which contradicts the implication of ongoing currency maintenance described in the update policy."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"File last modified 6 May 2025 (first instance)","section_b":"File last modified 6 May 2025 (second instance)","confidence":0.8,"description":"All substantive metadata elements including the Authorisation/file modification date, the Table of Amending Instruments link, and the Responsible Minister statement are duplicated verbatim multiple times throughout the document. While not a logical contradiction in the strict sense, the duplication of authoritative status information creates ambiguity about which instance is canonical, particularly if the duplicated sections were ever to diverge through error."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, this appears to be a routine technical amendment to existing Container Refund Scheme regulations. There is no indication of a significant expansion or reduction in the scheme's original scope — it appears to refine existing rules rather than fundamentally alter the program's purpose or reach."},"complexity_factors":["Amendment-only instrument — must be read alongside the principal regulations to understand full effect","Specific amendment content is not reproduced in the available document, limiting analysis","Scheme involves multiple parties (consumers, retailers, producers, network operators) but the regulatory mechanism itself is straightforward","No novel legal concepts or cross-jurisdictional issues apparent"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends Tasmania’s Container Refund Scheme regulations — a housekeeping update (No. 2, 2025) that took effect 6 May 2025. It signals continued fine‑tuning of the scheme that lets people return eligible drink containers for a refund.\n\nIt affects everyday Tasmanians who use return points, retailers and beverage producers, and collection‑point operators; any regulatory tweak can change eligibility, refund or compliance practices, though the specific amendments aren’t visible in the available text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument records that amendments to the Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023 have been made and incorporated into the authorised version (reg 4) but does not set out those amendments. On its face it does not itself expand or narrow the scheme’s scope; whether substantive scope changes occurred cannot be determined from this instrument alone without the text of the amendments."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with three operative clauses (short title, commencement, principal regulations) and an incorporation note (s1–s3, reg 4)","No substantive amendment text included — relies on Principal Regulations for detail (s3)","Immediate commencement on Gazette notification reduces timing ambiguity but increases operational immediacy (s2)","Low discretion and few decision points for administrators; administrative responsibility identified (administration note)","Potential dependence on external authorised version for authoritative wording increases cross-reference complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations amend the Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023 and take effect on the day they are notified in the Gazette (s3, s2). They state the amendments have been incorporated into the authorised version of the principal regulations (reg 4) and are administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. The instrument updates the legal text that governs participants in the Container Refund Scheme but does not itself set out the substantive changes."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a standard amendment instrument with no indication of scope creep. The regulations maintain their original purpose of administering Tasmania's container refund scheme. The note that amendments have been 'incorporated into the authorised version' suggests this is a routine consolidation instrument rather than an expansion of regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 4 operative provisions","No substantive legislative text provided; purely mechanical amendment instrument","Single cross-reference to principal regulations","No defined terms, conditions, or exceptions in the displayed text","Standard commencement and citation clauses only"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations make technical amendments to Tasmania's Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023. The scheme lets people get money back (a refund) when they return eligible drink containers for recycling. This amendment instrument has already been incorporated into the main regulations, meaning the changes are now part of the official rulebook. The regulations themselves don't specify what exactly was changed—just that changes were made and merged into the principal regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025","history":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/container-refund-scheme-amendment-regulations-no-2-2025/documents"}}